Photosensing fungi: phytochrome in the spotlight.
Red light triggers asexual development and represses sexual development in the fungus Aspergillus nidulans. This response has been shown to require a phytochrome red/far-red light photoreceptor, FphA, which is cytoplasmic and binds a tetrapyrrole chromophore. FphA exhibits similarities to both plant and bacterial phytochromes.
Idnurm
Alexander
A
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
Heitman
Joseph
J
D001233:Aspergillus nidulans / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D008027:Light; D018462:Photobiology; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D010834:Phytochrome / Q000378:metabolism*; D012100:Reproduction, Asexual / Q000502:physiology*; D012741:Sexual Maturation / Q000502:physiology*
D010834:Phytochrome