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RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY
卷 169, 期 2, 页码 78-89出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2017.11.003
关键词
Carotenoids; Photoinduction; Photoadaptation; White Collar; Vivid; Albino genes
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- Spanish and Andalusian Governments (Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnologia) [BIO2012-39716, BIO2012-38520, BIO2015-69613-R, BIO2015-67148-R, CTS-6638]
- European Union (European Regional Development Fund)
Stimulation by light of carotenoid biosynthesis in the mycelia of the fungus Neurospora crassa starts with transient transcriptional induction of the structural genes of the pathway triggered by the White Collar photoreceptor complex. Most studies on this process were carried out under standard growth conditions, but photoinduced carotenoid accumulation is more efficient if the fungus is incubated at low temperatures, from 6 to 12 degrees C. We have investigated the transcriptional photoresponse at 8 degrees C of the genes for proteins that participate in the carotenoid pathway. Exposure to light pulses of different light intensities revealed higher sensitivity if the mycelia were subsequently incubated at 8 degrees C compared to 30 degrees C. Illumination of precooled mycelia resulted in delayed kinetics of mRNA accumulation for the structural genes, and high mRNA accumulation for a longer time. Additionally, after a light pulse, stronger reduction in mRNAs for carotenoid genes was observed at 30 degrees C compared to 8 degrees C. A similar pattern was found for mRNAs of the photoreceptor genes wc-1 and vvd, the latter involved in photoadaptation. These results suggest that the increased efficiency in carotenoid photoinduction at low temperature is due to the higher mRNA levels of the structural genes under these conditions. (C) 2017 Institut Pasteur. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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