Palo Podrido: A Unique Model to Study Selective Delignification of Wood

该奖项支持跨学科合作 木材脱木质素的研究 由Robert A.布兰切特大学 Minnesota和Eduardo A.德国大学的特鲁姆珀 智利在圣地亚哥。 他们将进行化学， 生物化学和结构研究，以确定 负责优惠的机制 通过“palopodrido”降解木质素， 这种白色腐烂病只在美国南部的热带雨林中发现 智利. 纤维素不降解，木材变得 非常容易消化 主要的酶，从 真菌进入木材的形态， 以及它们如何攻击细胞壁中的木质素 将使用免疫细胞化学方法进行研究。 这项研究将提供一个了解 分解过程中使用的信息， 生物技术以及如何使用酶， 用于工业目的的木质素降解真菌。 的 调查人员有互补的背景， 都有很好的资历 设施在圣。 保罗和在圣地亚哥是完全足够的 这将是一个很好的合作范例， 发展中国家科学计划。

This award supports interdisciplinary cooperative research in the delignification of wood to be conducted by Robert A. Blanchette of the University of Minnesota and Eduardo A. Trumper of the University of Chile in Santiago. They will carry out chemical, biochemical and structural investigations to determine the mechanisms responsible for the preferential degradation of lignin by "palo podrido," a type of white rot found only in the rain forests of southern Chile. Cellulose is not degraded and the wood becomes highly digestible. The major enzymes, which move from the fungus into the wood, the morphology of how they move and how they attack lignin in the cell walls all will be studied using immunocytochemical methods. The research will provide an understanding of decomposition processes, information for use in new biotechnologies as well as on how to use enzymes from lignin-degrading fungi for industrial purposes. The investigators have complementary backgrounds and both have excellent credentials. The facilities at St. Paul and at Santiago are completely adequate for this work which will be a good example of cooperation under the Science in Developing Countries program.