Fomitopsis palustris
| Fomitopsis palustris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Basidiomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Fomitopsidaceae |
| Genus: | Fomitopsis |
| Species: | F. palustris |
| Binomial name | |
| Fomitopsis palustris (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Gilb. & Ryvarden (1985) | |
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Fomitopsis palustris is a species of fungus in the family Fomitopsidaceae. It causes brown rot, a disease of wood that results from the enzymatic breakdown of the wood component cellulose, but not lignin. Several enzymes involved in the wood-decay process have been biochemically characterized.
Wood decay enzymes
Fomitopsis palustris is known to possess three different cellulase enzymes.[1]
An endoglucanase, named EG-II, has been purified and characterized from this species in 2008; it is believed to assist in the wood rot process by loosening the polysaccharide network in cell walls by disentangling hemicelluloses associated with cellulose.[2]
References
- ↑ Yoon JJ, Kim YK. (2005). "Degradation of crystalline cellulose by the brown-rot basidiomycete Fomitopsis palustris". Journal of Microbiology. 43 (6): 487–492. PMID 16410763.
- ↑ Shimokawa T, Shibuya H, Nojiri M, Yoshida S, Ishihara M. (2008). "Purification, molecular cloning, and enzymatic properties of a family 12 endoglucanase (EG-II) from Fomitopsis palustris: role of EG-II in larch holocellulose hydrolysis". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74 (18): 5857–5861. doi:10.1128/AEM.00435-08. PMC 2547054
. PMID 18658283.
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