Fungal Glucanase Genes for Engineering Disease Resistance in Plants.

真菌葡聚糖酶基因在植物抗病工程中的作用通过转化编码几丁质酶或葡聚糖酶的重组基因，植物可以被改造成抗真菌疾病的基因。虽然真菌是多产的葡聚糖酶，有些种类产生新的形式，但它们作为有用的葡聚糖酶的来源还没有被开发过。该项目将从土壤中分离产生葡聚糖酶的真菌，筛选它们的抗真菌活性，并从一个或多个分离物中克隆葡聚糖酶基因。鉴于佤邦土壤中高度的生物多样性，我们对发现新型葡聚糖酶有很高的期望，这些酶将用于植物抗病工程或其他工业过程。

Fungal Glucanase Genes for Engineering Disease Resistance in Plants. Plants can be engineered for resistance to fungal diseases by transformation with recombinant genes encoding chitinase or glucanase. Although fungi are prolific producers of glucanases, with some species producing novel forms, they have been unexplored as a source of useful glucanases. This project will isolate glucanase-producing fungi from soil, screen them for antifungal activity, and clone the glucanase genes from one or more isolates. In view of the high degree of biodiversity in WA soils, we have a high expectation of finding novel glucanases which will be useful for engineering disease resistance in plants, or for other industrial processes.