title: Light-dependent regulation of the gene cut-1 of Neurospora, involved in the osmotic stress response.
abstract: The gene cut-1 from Neurospora encodes a protein of the haloacid dehalogenase (HAD) family, a group of enzymes usually associated to phosphatase or phosphotransferase activities. Loss of cut-1 function results in an osmosensitive phenotype and its transcription is induced by high osmotic pressure or heat-shock, but not by other stressing conditions tested. Unexpectedly, cut-1 transcript levels markedly decrease following illumination in the wild type and in some mutants tested, such as bd and vvd. The reduction was less pronounced in wc-1 and wc-2 mutants, indicating that this photoresponse is principally mediated by the WC system, a conclusion further supported by the lack of effect of blue light in a wc-1 mutant. Additionally, cut-1 mRNA levels are much higher in the dark in wc, vvd, bd, and cut mutants, showing the involvement of these genes in a cut-1 down-regulation mechanism. In the cases investigated, the mRNA levels of these strains increased further under high osmotic conditions, indicating an independent derepression effect. The environmental or genetic factors influencing cut-1 expression have no significant effect on the mRNA levels of two additional Neurospora genes encoding HAD proteins.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Genética, Universidad de Sevilla, E-41012 Sevilla, Spain.
authors.forename: Loubna
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Youssar
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Avalos
mesh_terms: D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000235:genetics* / Q000528:radiation effects; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal / Q000235:genetics* / Q000528:radiation effects; D006867:Hydrolases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D008027:Light; D009154:Mutation; D009492:Neurospora crassa / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D009997:Osmotic Pressure; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D006867:Hydrolases; C034507:2-haloacid dehalogenase