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The effects of tunicamycin, an inhibi-tor of N-asparagine linked glycosylation, on the synthesis, secretion, and activities of the cellulases produced byTrichoderma reesei wild type QM6a and hypersecrefing mutant RL-P37 were studied. Neither the level of secreted cellutase nor the total amount of secreted protein was affected by the drug at a concentration (5 μg/ml) that slightly in-hibited growth. SDS-polyacrylamide gel electro-phoretic mobilities of proteins secreted during growth in tunicamycin were similar to those of proteins from control cultures that had their N-linked oligosaccharides removed by endoglycosi-dase H. Isoelectric focusing patterns of secreted proteins were also altered by growth in the pres-ence of tunicamycin. All of the bands stained with Schiff’s reagent, indicating that the secreted cellu-lases contained O-linked oligosaccharides in ad-dition to N-linked sugars. Endoglucanase activity in culture broths from tunicamycin grown mycelia was more thermolabile and protease-sensitive than the same activity from control cultures. Thus, N-asparagine linked oligosaccharides do not appear to be necessary forT. reesei cellulase secretion or activity, but do seem to contribute to the stability of the enzymes. The role of O-finked oligosaccharides is being investigated.
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Merivuori, H., Sands, J.A. & Montenecourt, B.S. Effects of tunicamycin on secretion and enzymatic activities of cellulase fromTrichoderma reesei . Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 23, 60–66 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02660119
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