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The ascomycete Xylaria polymorpha produces an acetyl esterase that solubilises beech wood material to release water-soluble lignin fragments

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Three ascomycetous soft-rot fungi belonging to the family Xylariaceae were found to produce high levels of a p-nitrophenyl acetate-hydrolyzing activity during growth on lignocellulosic materials, i.e., wheat straw and beech wood chips. Accordingly, Kretzschmaria deusta, Morchella elata, Xylaria polymorpha were seemingly most noteworthy acetyl esterase producers and, of which, X. polymorpha (strain A35) was chosen for further studies. Induction study indicated that raw carbohydrate sources, such as beech wood, rape straw, birch wood, and wheat straw, were extremely important for acetyl esterase production. Acetyl esterase of X. polymorpha was produced in solid-state culture on wheat straw and purified by different steps of anion-exchange and size-exclusion chromatography. This purified enzyme (M W = 44 kDa and pI values of 3.5–3.6) exhibited the capability to solubilise in vitro beech wood to release water-soluble lignin fragments with molecular masses of 1–3 kDa as analyzed by high performance size exclusion chromatography.

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Acknowledgments

This study was partly supported by Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (under Grant No. VAST.ĐTL.01/14-15) and National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED; No. 106-NN.02-2013.44). We thank the colleagues at the INPC (VAST) and IHI Zittau for useful comments and technical assistance.

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  1. Institute of Natural Products Chemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Do Huu Nghi, Le Mai Huong, Vu Dinh Giap & Do Huu Chi

  2. Unit of Environmental Biotechnology, International Graduate School of Zittau (IHI Zittau), 03583, Zittau, Germany

    René Ullrich, Martin Hofrichter & Christiane Liers

  3. Institut für Ökologische Chemie, Helmholtz Zentrum München GmbH, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany

    Franco Moritz

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Nghi, D.H., Ullrich, R., Moritz, F. et al. The ascomycete Xylaria polymorpha produces an acetyl esterase that solubilises beech wood material to release water-soluble lignin fragments. J Korean Soc Appl Biol Chem 58, 415–421 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13765-015-0061-7

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