Sugar catabolism in Aspergillus and other fungi related to the utilization of plant biomass

TY - JOUR

T1 - Sugar catabolism in Aspergillus and other fungi related to the utilization of plant biomass

AU - Khosravi, Claire

AU - Benocci, Tiziano

AU - Battaglia, Evy

AU - Benoit, Isabelle

AU - de Vries, Ronald P

N1 - Copyright © 2015. Published by Elsevier Inc.

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - Fungi are found in all natural and artificial biotopes and can use highly diverse carbon sources. They play a major role in the global carbon cycle by decomposing plant biomass and this biomass is the main carbon source for many fungi. Plant biomass is composed of cell wall polysaccharides (cellulose, hemicellulose, pectin) and lignin. To degrade cell wall polysaccharides to different monosaccharides, fungi produce a broad range of enzymes with a large variety in activities. Through a series of enzymatic reactions, sugar-specific and central metabolic pathways convert these monosaccharides into energy or metabolic precursors needed for the biosynthesis of biomolecules. This chapter describes the carbon catabolic pathways that are required to efficiently use plant biomass as a carbon source. It will give an overview of the known metabolic pathways in fungi, their interconnections, and the differences between fungal species.

AB - Fungi are found in all natural and artificial biotopes and can use highly diverse carbon sources. They play a major role in the global carbon cycle by decomposing plant biomass and this biomass is the main carbon source for many fungi. Plant biomass is composed of cell wall polysaccharides (cellulose, hemicellulose, pectin) and lignin. To degrade cell wall polysaccharides to different monosaccharides, fungi produce a broad range of enzymes with a large variety in activities. Through a series of enzymatic reactions, sugar-specific and central metabolic pathways convert these monosaccharides into energy or metabolic precursors needed for the biosynthesis of biomolecules. This chapter describes the carbon catabolic pathways that are required to efficiently use plant biomass as a carbon source. It will give an overview of the known metabolic pathways in fungi, their interconnections, and the differences between fungal species.

U2 - 10.1016/bs.aambs.2014.09.005

DO - 10.1016/bs.aambs.2014.09.005

M3 - Article

C2 - 25596028

SN - 0065-2164

VL - 90

SP - 1

EP - 28

JO - Advances in Applied Microbiology

JF - Advances in Applied Microbiology

ER -