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This study aimed to elucidate the mechanisms underlying the arabinose-induced activation of cellulase and hemicellulase enzyme clusters in the model filamentous fungus\n                      <jats:italic>Neurospora crassa<\/jats:italic>\n                      OR74A.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Arabinose stimulates the secretion of cellulases and hemicellulases in\n                      <jats:italic>N. crassa<\/jats:italic>\n                      . While genome-wide scrutiny predicted several sugar transporters in\n                      <jats:italic>N. crassa<\/jats:italic>\n                      , expression studies under avicel and arabinan conditions indicated a notable upregulation of pentose transporters encoded by the lat-1 and xy-31 genes. The lat-1 and xy-31 deleted strains showed reduced arabinose uptake and diminished growth on arabinose media, highlighting their role in arabinose transport. Additionally, these transporter-deficient strains exhibited a significant decrease in endoglucanase and arabinase activity, which correlated with lower expression of cellulase-encoding transcripts, indicating the crucial roles of Lat-1 and Xy-31 in promoting the secretion of enzymes that degrade biomass. Consistent with these findings, overexpression of lat-1 and xy-31 in\n                      <jats:italic>N. crassa<\/jats:italic>\n                      resulted in a significant increase in cellulase secretion.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We demonstrated that\n                      <jats:italic>N. crassa<\/jats:italic>\n                      has multiple pentose transporters. Furthermore, we validated that the Lat-1 and Xy-31 transporters play crucial roles in arabinose-mediated induction of polysaccharide-disintegrating enzymes in\n                      <jats:italic>N. crassa<\/jats:italic>\n                      . Both transporters are required for efficient arabinose uptake and for the subsequent arabinose-dependent induction of polysaccharide-disintegrating enzymes. Collectively, these findings significantly advance the molecular understanding of fungal hemicellulose utilization and identify key transporters that represent promising targets for enhancing fungal biomass bioconversion.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmicb.2026.1880067","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,27]],"date-time":"2026-08-27T05:34:16Z","timestamp":1787808856000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Xy-31 and Lat-1 regulate the induction of polysaccharide disintegrating genes by arabinose in Neurospora crassa OR74A"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Shriya","family":"Singh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Synthetic Biology and Bioprocessing Lab, Regional Centre for Biotechnology, NCR-Biotech Cluster","place":["Faridabad, Haryana, India"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nidhi","family":"Adlakha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Synthetic Biology and Bioprocessing Lab, Regional Centre for Biotechnology, NCR-Biotech Cluster","place":["Faridabad, Haryana, India"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"4859","DOI":"10.1128\/AEM.02808-10","article-title":"Synthesis and characterization of chimeric proteins based on Cellulase and xylanase from an insect gut bacterium","volume":"77","author":"Adlakha","year":"2011","journal-title":"Appl. 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