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FUNGAL BIOLOGY
Volume 117, Issue 11-12, Pages 814-821Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2013.10.006
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Amino acids; Deoxynivalenol; NMR; Regulation; Zearalenone
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- Directorate for Food, Fisheries and Agri Business [3304 FVFP 060678]
- Danish Research Council, Technology and Production [10-100105]
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Growth conditions are known to affect the production of secondary metabolites in filamentous fungi. The influence of different nitrogen sources and the transcription factor AreA on the production of mycotoxins in Fusarium graminearum was examined. Growth on glutamine or NH4-sources was poor and asparagine was found to be a preferential nitrogen source for F. graminearum. Deletion of areA led to poor growth on NaNO3 suggesting its involvement in regulation of the nitrate reduction process. In addition utilization of aspartic acid, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, threonine, tyrosine, and valine as nitrogen sources was shown to depend of a functional AreA. AreA was shown to be required for the production of the mycotoxins deoxynivalenol (DON), zearalenone, and fusarielin H regardless of the nutrient medium. Deletion of nmr, the repressor of AreA under nitrogen sufficient conditions, had little effect on either growth or toxin production. AreA appears to regulate production of some mycotoxins directly or indirectly independent on nitrogen status and plays a role in utilization of certain amino acids. (C) 2013 The British Mycological Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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