Abstract
The white-rot fungus Bjerkandera sp. BOS55 produced de-novo several aromatic metabolites. Besides veratryl alcohol and veratraldehyde, compounds which are known to be involved in the ligninolytic system of several other white-rot fungi, other metabolites were formed. These included anisaldehyde, 3-chloro-anisaldehyde and a yet unknown compound containing two chlorine atoms. Additionally GC/MS analysis revealed the production of small amounts of anisyl alcohol and 3-chloro-anisyl alcohol. After 14 days, the extracellular fluid of Bjerkandera BOS55 contained 100 μM veratraldehyde and 50 μM 3-chloro-anisaldehyde. This is the first report of de-novo biosynthesis of simple chlorinated aromatic compounds by a white-rot fungus. Anisaldehyde and 3-chloro-anisaldehyde were also produced by Bjerkandera adusta but not by Phanerochaete chrysosporium.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 220-224 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | FEBS Letters |
Volume | 305 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 6 1992 |
Keywords
- Anisaldehyde, 3-Chloro-anisaldehyde
- Bjerkandera
- Lignin degradation
- Phanerochaete chrysosporium
- Veratryl alcohol
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Structural Biology
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Genetics
- Cell Biology