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. 1995 Jan;61(1):341–345. doi: 10.1128/aem.61.1.341-345.1995

Regulation of manganese peroxidase gene transcription by hydrogen peroxide, chemical stress, and molecular oxygen.

D Li 1, M Alic 1, J A Brown 1, M H Gold 1
PMCID: PMC167287  PMID: 7887613

Abstract

The expression of manganese peroxidase (MnP) in nitrogen-limited cultures of the lignin-degrading fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium is regulated at the level of gene transcription by H2O2 and various chemicals, including ethanol, sodium arsenite, and 2,4-dichlorophenol, as well as by Mn(II) and heat shock. Northern (RNA) blot analysis demonstrates that the addition of 1.0 mM H2O2 to 5-day-old cultures grown in the absence of Mn results in the appearance of mnp mRNA within 15 min. Higher levels of mnp mRNA are obtained with simultaneous induction by Mn and H2O2 than with H2O2 alone. Although neither MnP activity nor associated protein is detectable in H2O2-induced cultures grown in the absence of Mn, simultaneous induction with Mn and H2O2 results in a 1.6-fold increase in MnP activity compared with the MnP activity resulting from Mn induction alone. In the presence of Mn, purging of low-nitrogen cultures with 100% O2, in contrast to incubation under air, results in an increase in the accumulation of mnp mRNA and a 13-fold increase in MnP activity on day 5. However, in contrast to the effects of H2O2 and heat shock, O2 purging of Mn-deficient cultures results in negligible accumulation of mnp mRNA.

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