Abstract:
The present invention relates to recombinant filamentous fungal host cells producing cellulolytic enzyme compositions and methods of producing and using the compositions.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods for reducing or eliminating the expression of a target gene in a filamentous fungal strain, comprising: (a) inserting into the genome of the filamentous fungal strain a double-stranded transcribable nucleic acid construct comprising a first nucleotide sequence comprising a promoter operably linked to a homologous coding region of the target gene and a second nucleotide sequence comprising the homologous coding region, or a portion thereof, of the target gene, wherein the first and second nucleotide sequences are complementary to each other and the second nucleotide sequence is in reverse orientation relative to the first nucleotide sequence; and (b) inducing production of an interfering RNA encoded by the double-stranded transcribable nucleic acid construct by cultivating the filamentous fungal strain under conditions conducive for production of the interfering RNA; wherein the interfering RNA interacts with RNA transcripts of the target gene to reduce or eliminate expression of the target gene. The present invention also relates to the filamentous fungal strains and to methods of producing a biological substance of interest in such filamentous fungal strains.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a mutant of a parent filamentous fungal cell, comprising a coding sequence of a polypeptide of interest under the transcriptional control of a promoter regulated by a transcription factor, wherein the gene encoding the transcription factor is modified in the parent filamentous fungal cell to produce the mutant rendering the mutant deficient in the production of the transcription factor, which increases the productivity of the mutant in the production of the polypeptide of interest, and/or reduces or eliminates the cellulase-negative phenotype in the resulting mutant. The present invention also relates to a method for constructing such a mutant and a method of producing a polypeptide of interest with such a mutant.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to enzyme compositions and methods of producing and using the compositions for the saccharification of lignocellulosic material.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an isolated variant Ire1 polypeptide, comprising (a) an amino acid substitution at position 153 of the Trichoderma reesei Ire1 polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 2; or (b) an amino acid substitution at a position corresponding to position 153 of the Trichoderma reesei Ire1 of SEQ ID NO: 2 and has at least 70%, but less than 100%, sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2. The present invention also relates to a recombinant filamentous fungal host cell comprising the mutated ire1 gene encoding the variant Ire1 polypeptide for producing a secreted heterologous polypeptide of interest, a method for producing the secreted heterologous polypeptide of interest in the recombinant filamentous fungal host cell, and a method of improving the productivity or yield of the secreted heterologous polypeptide of interest in the recombinant filamentous fungal host cell.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to recombinant filamentous fungal host cells producing cellulolytic enzyme compositions and methods of producing and using the compositions.