A Fungal Secretome Adapted for Stress Enabled a Radical Wood Decay Mechanism
Jesús D. Castaño, Jiwei Zhang, Mowei Zhou, Chia-Feng Tsai, Joon‐Yong Lee, Carrie Nicora, Jonathan S. Schilling
Abstract
Brown rot fungi play a critical role in carbon recycling and are of industrial interest. These fungi typically use reactive oxygen species (ROS) to indiscriminately “loosen” wood cell walls at the outset of decay.
Topics & Concepts
Trichoderma reeseiReactive oxygen speciesTrametes versicolorFungusOxidative stressFungal proteinCell wallBiologyBotanyBiochemistryChemistryCellulaseEnzymeYeastLaccaseSaccharomyces cerevisiaeEnzyme-mediated dye degradationBiochemical and biochemical processesForest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies