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A correlation between intracellular phospholipid levels and the rate of exoprotein synthesis was investigated in the filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei QM 9414 during growth on cellulose. When the incubation temperature was varied between 20 and 37°C, the exoprotein synthesis rate correlated with the total cellular amount of phospholipids, but not with an individual phospholipid component. In contrast, when phospholipid bases were added exogenuously, a significant stimulation of exoprotein synthesis was observed with choline. The addition of the surfactant Tween 80—which also stimulates exoprotein secretion in T. reesei QM 9414—prevented choline stimulation. Optimal stimulation occurred around 20 mM choline. Choline stimulated exoprotein synthesis in general as shown by increased activities of several extracellular enzymes. Mycelia required preincubation for at least 20 h before stimulation of choline could be seen. Mycelia pregrown in the absence or presence of choline were equally effective in formation of β-glucosidase upon induction with methyl-β-d-glucoside, and the addition of choline to the induction medium had no effect. Choline did not alter the osmotic stability of protoplasts of T. reesei. Electron microscopic examinations and analysis of chemical constituents as well as marker enzymes from choline grown and non-choline grown mycelia revealed higher contents of mitochondria and endoplasmic reticula in choline grown mycelia. The possibility is discussed that choline may stimulate exoprotein synthesis by increasing the cellular content of endoplasmic reticula.
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Schreiber, G., Kolar, H., Foisner, R. et al. Choline stimulates synthesis of extracellular proteins in Trichoderma reesei QM 9414. Arch. Microbiol. 144, 41–47 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00454954
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