Photosensing fungi: phytochrome in the spotlight.

Joseph Heitman, Alexander Idnurm

Journal: Current biology : CB 2006;15(20):R829-32

PMID: 16243020

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Abstract

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.

Address: Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.10.001

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MeSH Terms: Aspergillus nidulans, Light, Photobiology, Photoreceptor Cells, Phytochrome, Reproduction, Asexual, Sexual Maturation