Artículo
The flavoproteins CryD and VvdA cooperate with the white collar protein WcoA in the Control of photocarotenogenesis in Fusarium fujikuroi
Autor/es | Ávalos Cordero, Francisco Javier
Castrillo Jiménez, Marta |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Genética |
Fecha de publicación | 2015 |
Fecha de depósito | 2016-02-23 |
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Resumen | Light stimulates carotenoid biosynthesis in the ascomycete fungus Fusarium fujikuroi through transcriptional activation of the structural genes of the pathway carRA, carB, and cart, but the molecular basis of this photoresponse ... Light stimulates carotenoid biosynthesis in the ascomycete fungus Fusarium fujikuroi through transcriptional activation of the structural genes of the pathway carRA, carB, and cart, but the molecular basis of this photoresponse is unknown. The F. fujikuroi genome contains genes for different predicted photoreceptors, including the WC protein WcoA, the DASH cryptochrome CryD and the Vivid-like flavoprotein VvdA. We formerly found that null mutants of wcoA, cryD or vvdA exhibit carotenoid photoinduction under continuous illumina- tion. Here we show that the wild type exhibits a biphasic response in light induction kinetics experiments, with a rapid increase in carotenoid content in the first hours, a transient arrest and a subsequent slower increase. The mutants of the three photoreceptors show different kinetic responses: the wcoA mutants are defective in the rapid response, the cryD mutants are affected in the slower response, while the fast and slow responses were respectively enhanced and attenuated in the vvdA mutants. Transcriptional analyses of the car genes re- vealed a strong reduction of dark and light-induced transcript levels in the wcoA mutants, while minor or no reductions were found in the cryD mutants. Formerly, we found no change on carRA and carB photoinduction in vvdA mutants. Taken together, our data suggest a co- operative participation of WcoA and CryD in early and late stages of photoinduction of carot- enoid biosynthesis in F. fujikuroi, and a possible modulation of WcoA activity by VvdA. An unexpected transcriptional induction by red light of vvdA, cryD and carRA genes suggest the participation of an additional red light-absorbing photoreceptor. |
Cita | Avalos Cordero, F.J. y Castrillo Jiménez, M. (2015). The flavoproteins CryD and VvdA cooperate with the white collar protein WcoA in the Control of photocarotenogenesis in Fusarium fujikuroi. PLoS One, 10, e0119785-1-e0119785-22. |
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