AUTHOR=Mouyna Isabelle , Hartl Lukas , Latgé Jean-Paul 

TITLE=β-1,3-glucan modifying enzymes in Aspergillus fumigatus

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology

VOLUME=4

YEAR=2013

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00081

DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2013.00081

ISSN=1664-302X

ABSTRACT=<p>In <italic>Aspergillus fumigatus</italic> like in other filamentous ascomycetes, β-1,3-glucan constitutes a prominent cell wall component being responsible for rigidity of the cell wall structure. In filamentous fungi, softening of the cell wall is absolutely required during conidial germination and hyphal branching. Because of the central structure of β-1,3-glucans, it is expected that β-1,3-glucanases play a major role in cell wall softening. Based on <italic>in silico</italic> and experimental data, this review gives an overview of β-1,3-glucan modifying enzymes in <italic>A. fumigatus</italic> genome and their putative role during morphogenesis.</p>