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The heterotrimeric G protein Pga1 regulates biosynthesis of penicillin, chrysogenin and roquefortine in Free

Abstract

We have studied the role of the gene of , encoding the alpha subunit of a heterotrimeric G protein, in secondary metabolite production. The dominant activating mutation caused an increase in the production of the three secondary metabolites penicillin, the yellow pigment chrysogenin and the mycotoxin roquefortine, whereas the dominant inactivating allele and the deletion of the gene resulted in a decrease of the amount of produced penicillin and roquefortine. Chrysogenin is produced in solid medium as a yellow pigment, and its biosynthesis is clearly enhanced by the presence of the dominant activating allele. Roquefortine is produced associated with mycelium during the first 3 days in submerged cultures, and is released to the medium afterwards; dominant activating and inactivating mutations result in upregulation and downregulation of roquefortine biosynthesis recpectively. Pga1 regulates penicillin biosynthesis by controlling expression of the penicillin biosynthetic genes; the three genes , and showed elevated transcript levels in transformants expressing the allele, whereas in transformants with the inactivating allele and in the -deleted mutant their transcript levels were lower than those in the parental strains. Increase of intracellular cAMP levels had no effect on penicillin production. In summary, the dominant activating allele upregulates the biosynthesis of three secondary metabolites in to a different extent.

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The heterotrimeric Gα protein Pga1 regulates biosynthesis of penicillin, chrysogenin and roquefortine in Penicillium chrysogenum
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