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Segers, F.J.J. (author), van Laarhoven, K.A. (author), Huinink, H.P. (author), Adan, O.C.G. (author), Wösten, H.A.B. (author), Dijksterhuis, J. (author)Indoor fungi cause damage in houses and are a potential threat to human health. Indoor fungal growth requires water, for which the terms water activity (aw) and relative humidity (RH) are used. The ability of the fungi Aspergillus niger, Cladosporium halotolerans, and Penicillium rubens at different developmental stages to survive changes in aw...article 2016
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Zune, Q. (author), Delepierre, A. (author), Gofflot, S. (author), Bauwens, J. (author), Twizere, J.C. (author), Punt, P.J. (author), Francis, F. (author), Toye, D. (author), Bawin, T. (author), Delvigne, F. (author)Fungal biofilm is known to promote the excretion of secondary metabolites in accordance with solid-staterelated physiological mechanisms. This work is based on the comparative analysis of classical submerged fermentation with a fungal biofilmreactor for the production of a Gla::green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion protein by Aspergillus oryzae...article 2015
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Gruben, B.S. (author), Zhou, M. (author), Wiebenga, A. (author), Ballering, J. (author), Overkamp, K.M. (author), Punt, P.J. (author), de Vries, R.P. (author)The genome of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger is rich in genes encoding pectinases, a broad class of enzymes that have been extensively studied due to their use in industrial applications. The sequencing of the A. niger genome provided more knowledge concerning the individual pectinolytic genes, but little is known about the regulatory...article 2014
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Li, A. (author), Pfelzer, N. (author), Zuijderwijk, R. (author), Brickwedde, A. (author), van Zeijl, C. (author), Punt, P. (author)Aspergillus niger has an extraordinary potential to produce organic acids as proven by its application in industrial citric acid production. Previously, it was shown that expression of the cis-aconitate decarboxylase gene (cadA) from Aspergillus terreus converted A. niger into an itaconic acid producer (Li et al., Fungal Genet Bio 48: 602-611,...article 2013
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Franken, A.C.W. (author), Werner, E.R. (author), Haas, H. (author), Lokman, B.C. (author), van den Hondel, C.A.M.J.J. (author), Ram, A.F.J. (author), de Weert, S. (author), Punt, P.J. (author)Heme is a suggested limiting factor in peroxidase production by Aspergillus spp., which are well-known suitable hosts for heterologous protein production. In this study, the role of genes coding for coproporphyrinogen III oxidase (hemF) and ferrochelatase (hemH) was analyzed by means of deletion and overexpression to obtain more insight in...article 2013
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Li, A. (author), Caspers, M. (author), Punt. P.J., (author)Background: In this paper, a clone based transcriptome analysis towards the identification of genes related to itaconic acid production in Aspergillus terreus was carried out as an extension of a previously published a clone-based transcriptome analysis from a set of batch fermentation experiments. Also a publically available A. niger...article 2013
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Franken, A.C. (author), Christien Lokman, B. (author), Ram, A.F. (author), van den Hondel, C.A. (author), de Weert, S. (author), Punt, P.J. (author)To increase knowledge on haem biosynthesis in filamentous fungi like Aspergillus niger, pathway-specific gene expression in response to haem and haem intermediates was analysed. This analysis showed that iron, 5′-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) and possibly haem control haem biosynthesis mostly via modulating expression of hemA [coding for 5′...article 2012
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Li, A. (author), van Luijk, N. (author), ter Beek, M. (author), Caspers, M. (author), Punt, P. (author), van der Werf, M. (author)Several Aspergillus species are well-known for the production of a variety of organic acids. In this study, a cloned based transcriptomics approach was used to identify genes crucial in the biosynthesis pathway for one of these acids, itaconic acid. From a number of different Aspergillus terreus controlled batch fermentations, those cultures...article 2011
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Franken, A.C.W. (author), Lokman, B.C. (author), Ram, A.F.J. (author), Punt, P.J. (author), van den Hondel, C.A.M.J.J. (author), de Weert, S. (author)Heme biosynthesis in fungal host strains has acquired considerable interest in relation to the production of secreted heme-containing peroxidases. Class II peroxidase enzymes have been suggested as eco-friendly replacements of polluting chemical processes in industry. These peroxidases are naturally produced in small amounts by basidiomycetes....article 2011
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Carvalho, N.D.S.P. (author), Arentshorst, M. (author), Weenink, X.O. (author), Punt, P.J. (author), van den Hondel, C.A.M.J.J. (author), Ram, A.F.J. (author)The addition of mannose residues to glycoproteins and glycolipids in the Golgi is carried out by mannosyltransferases. Their activity depends on the presence of GDP-mannose in the lumen of the Golgi. The transport of GDP-mannose (mannosyl donor) into the Golgi requires a specific nucleotide sugar transport present in the Golgi membrane. Here, we...article 2011
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Punt, P.J. (author), Levasseur, A. (author), Visser, H. (author), Wery, J. (author), Record, E. (author)For more than a century, filamentous fungi have been used for the production of a wide variety of endogenous enzymes of industrial interest. More recently, with the use of genetic engineering tools developed for these organisms, this use has expanded for the production of nonnative heterologous proteins. In this review, an overview is given of...bookPart 2011
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van den Berg, R.A. (author), Braaksma, M. (author), van der Veen, D. (author), van der Werf, M.J. (author), Punt, P.J. (author), van der Oost, J. (author), de Graaff, L.H. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)The fungus Aspergillus niger has been studied in considerable detail with respect to various industrial applications. Although its central metabolic pathways are established relatively well, the mechanisms that control the adaptation of its metabolism are understood rather poorly. In this study, clustering of co-expressed genes has been...article 2010
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te Biesebeke, R. (author), Levasseur, A. (author), Boussier, A. (author), Record, E. (author), van den Hondel, C.A.M.J.J. (author), Punt, P.J. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)The fhbA genes encoding putative flavohemoglobins (FHb) from Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus oryzae were isolated. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence of the A. niger fhbA gene and other putative filamentous fungal FHb-encoding genes to that of Ralstonia eutropha shows an overall conserved gene structure and completely conserved...article 2010
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Adav, S.S. (author), Li, A.A. (author), Manavalan, A. (author), Punt, P. (author), Sze, S.K. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)The natural lifestyle of Aspergillus niger made them more effective secretors of hydrolytic proteins and becomes critical when this species were exploited as hosts for the commercial secretion of heterologous proteins. The protein secretion profile of A. niger and its mutant at different pH was explored using iTRAQ-based quantitative proteomics...article 2010
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Ponstein-Simarro Doorten, A.Y. (author), van de Wiel, J.A.G. (author), Jonker, D. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Tensguard™ is a milk protein hydrolysate containing the lactotripeptide IPP. It is derived from cow's milk, which is present in the human diet and has a safe history of consumption. The final Tensguard™ product, a supplement or a functional food ingredient, is intended for use by people who want to follow a healthy diet and lifestyle in order to...article 2009
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Yuan, X.-L. (author), van der Kaaij, R.M. (author), van den Hondel, C.A.M.J.J. (author), Punt, P.J. (author), van der Maarel, M.J.E.C. (author), Dijkhuizen, L. (author), Ram, A.F.J. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)The filamentous ascomycete Aspergillus niger is well known for its ability to produce a large variety of enzymes for the degradation of plant polysaccharide material. A major carbon and energy source for this soil fungus is starch, which can be degraded by the concerted action of α-amylase, glucoamylase and α-glucosidase enzymes, members of the...article 2008
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Goosen, C. (author), van der Maarel, M.J.E.C. (author), Dijkhuizen, L. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)The purified exo-inulinase enzyme of Aspergillus niger N402 (AngInuE; heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli) displayed a sucrose:inulin (S/I) hydrolysis ratio of 2.3, characteristic for a typical exo-inulinase. The enzyme also had significant transfructosylating activity with increasing sucrose concentrations, producing various...article 2008
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Mitea, C. (author), Havenaar, R. (author), Wouter Drijfhout, J. (author), Edens, L. (author), Dekking, L. (author), Koning, F. (author), Dekking, E.H.A. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Background: Coeliac disease is caused by an immune response to gluten. As gluten proteins are proline rich they are resistant to enzymatic digestion in the gastrointestinal tract, a property that probably contributes to the immunogenic nature of gluten. Aims: This study determined the efficiency of gluten degradation by a post-proline cutting...article 2008
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Damveld, R.A. (author), Franken, A. (author), Arentshorst, M. (author), Punt, P.J. (author), Klis, F.M. (author), van den Hondel, C.A.M.J.J. (author), Ram, A.F.J. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)To identify cell wall biosynthetic genes in filamentous fungi and thus potential targets for the discovery of new antifungals, we developed a novel screening method for cell wall mutants. It is based on our earlier observation that the Aspergillus niger agsA gene, which encodes a putative a-glucan synthase, is strongly induced in response to...article 2008
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Punt, P.J. (author), Schuren, F.H.J. (author), Lehmbeck, J. (author), Christensen, T. (author), Hjort, C. (author), van den Hondel, C.A.M.J.J. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)Expression of several Aspergillus niger genes encoding major secreted, but not vacuolar, protease genes including the major acid protease gene pepA, was shown to be affected in the previously isolated A. niger protease mutant, AB1.13 [Mattern, I.E., van Noort, J.M., van den Berg, P., Archer, D.A., Roberts, I.N., Hondel, C.A.M.J.J., 1992....article 2008