Fomitopsis palustris is a species of polypore 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. The whole genome sequence of F. palustris was reported in 2017.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Fomitopsidaceae |
| Genus: | Fomitopsis |
| Species: | F. palustris
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Wood decay enzymes edit
Fomitopsis palustris is known to possess three different cellulase enzymes.[2]
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.[3]
References edit
- ^ Hong, C.Y.; Lee, S.Y.; Ryu, S.H.; Kim, M. (2017). "Whole-genome de novo sequencing of wood rot fungus Fomitopsis palustris (ATCC62978) with both a cellulolytic and ligninolytic enzyme system". Journal of Biotechnology. 251: 156–159. doi:10.1016/j.jbiotec.2017.04.009. PMID 28433724.
- ^ Yoon, J.J.; Kim, Y.K. (2005). "Degradation of crystalline cellulose by the brown-rot basidiomycete Fomitopsis palustris". Journal of Microbiology. 43 (6): 487–492. PMID 16410763. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2008ApEnM..74.5857S. doi:10.1128/AEM.00435-08. PMC 2547054. PMID 18658283.
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