The albino-3 gene of Neurospora crassa codes for geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase, an enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of carotenoids. The albino-3 locus encodes two overlapping transcription units that give rise to two mRNAs of 2.2 kb (al-3(c)) and 1.6 kb (al-3(m)), with the promoter of the latter residing in the transcribed region of the former. The 1.6-kb transcript was transiently expressed in the mycelium after light induction, while the 2.2-kb mRNA appeared in conidiating cultures only, independently of light. Al-3(c) mRNA was enhanced in the conidiophores and was impaired in mutants blocked at the early stages of conidiation; al-3(c) therefore represents a conidiation-specific transcript. The al-3(c) mRNA level increased upon illumination with blue light and fluctuated according to the circadian cycle. © 1995 by Academic Press, Inc.
Light and development regulate the expression of the Albino-3 gene in Neurospora crassa / Arpaia, Giuseppina; Carattoli, A; Macino, G.. - In: DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY. - ISSN 0012-1606. - 170:2(1995), pp. 626-635. [10.1006/dbio.1995.1242]
Light and development regulate the expression of the Albino-3 gene in Neurospora crassa
ARPAIA, GIUSEPPINA;Carattoli A;Macino G.
1995
Abstract
The albino-3 gene of Neurospora crassa codes for geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase, an enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of carotenoids. The albino-3 locus encodes two overlapping transcription units that give rise to two mRNAs of 2.2 kb (al-3(c)) and 1.6 kb (al-3(m)), with the promoter of the latter residing in the transcribed region of the former. The 1.6-kb transcript was transiently expressed in the mycelium after light induction, while the 2.2-kb mRNA appeared in conidiating cultures only, independently of light. Al-3(c) mRNA was enhanced in the conidiophores and was impaired in mutants blocked at the early stages of conidiation; al-3(c) therefore represents a conidiation-specific transcript. The al-3(c) mRNA level increased upon illumination with blue light and fluctuated according to the circadian cycle. © 1995 by Academic Press, Inc.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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