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    VelB/VeA/LaeA Complex Coordinates Light Signal with Fungal Development and Secondary Metabolism


    Bayram, Ozgur, Krappmann, Sven, Ni, Min, Woo Bok, Jin, Helmstaedt, Kerstin, Valerius, Oliver, Braus-Stromeyer, Susanna A., Kwon, Nak-Jung, Keller, Nancy, Yu, Jae-Hyuk and Braus, Gerhard H. (2008) VelB/VeA/LaeA Complex Coordinates Light Signal with Fungal Development and Secondary Metabolism. Science, 320 (5882). pp. 1504-1506. ISSN 0036-8075

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    Abstract

    Differentiation and secondary metabolism are correlated processes in fungi that respond to light. In Aspergillus nidulans , light inhibits sexual reproduction as well as secondary metabolism. We identified the heterotrimeric velvet complex VelB/VeA/LaeA connecting light-responding developmental regulation and control of secondary metabolism. VeA, which is primarily expressed in the dark, physically interacts with VelB, which is expressed during sexual development. VeA bridges VelB to the nuclear master regulator of secondary metabolism, LaeA. Deletion of either velB or veA results in defects in both sexual fruiting-body formation and the production of secondary metabolites.
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: VelB/VeA/LaeA; Complex Coordinates; Light Signal; Fungal Development; Secondary Metabolism;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering > Biology
    Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > Hamilton Institute
    Item ID: 8159
    Identification Number: 10.1126/science.1155888
    Depositing User: Ozgur Bayram
    Date Deposited: 12 Apr 2017 15:27
    Journal or Publication Title: Science
    Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
    Refereed: Yes
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    URI: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/8159
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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