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Horticulture
Jian Li, Chang Xu, Zhuohan Jing, Xiaoyu Li, Hui Li, Yizhao Chen, Yanping Shao, Jianfa Cai, Bo Wang, Baogui Xie, Yongxin Tao
Summary: In this study, white collar photoreceptors (FfWc1 and FfWc2) with conserved PAS domain were identified in Flammulina filiformis. The transcription levels of FfWc1 and FfWc2 were significantly up-regulated under blue light, and they played important roles in the morphological development of mycelia and fruiting bodies.
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
(2023)
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Plant Sciences
Sonali Sachin Ranade, Maria Rosario Garcia-Gil
Summary: This study found that genetic variations in photoreceptor genes of Norway spruce are associated with its adaptation to different light qualities and growth requirements, and these variations show a significant correlation with latitude gradient.
PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Nischal Karki, Satyam Vergish, Brian D. Zoltowski
Summary: The review examines the differences in photochemistry and signal transduction in plant and animal CRYs, identifying potential modes of convergent evolution within these lineages that may reveal conserved signaling pathways. Recent data provides clarity on potential mechanisms of signal transduction in magnetoreception, addressing the conflicts regarding CRY photochemistry and signal transduction.
Review
Microbiology
Javier Pardo-Medina, M. Carmen Limon, Javier Avalos
Summary: Light is a crucial signal in fungi and has various effects on different metabolic pathways and developmental stages. Fusarium species are widely studied for their phytopathogenic activity and complex secondary metabolisms, including the synthesis of carotenoids. Photoreceptor proteins play a key role in signal transduction from light, and Fusarium genomes contain ten photoreceptors that are involved in light regulation. Recent transcriptomic techniques have provided new insights into the functions of photoreceptors in Fusarium and revealed the role of WC protein and DASH cryptochrome in gene regulation under light.
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Plant Sciences
Paul Kusuma, Bruce Bugbee
Summary: The ratio of active phytochrome (Pfr) to total phytochrome (Pr + Pfr), known as phytochrome photo-equilibrium (PPE), is used to explain shade avoidance responses in plants. However, predictions based on PPE are less accurate when blue and green light variations are involved, compared to red and far-red light variations. Incorporating spectral distortion caused by pigment absorbance and photon scattering can improve the predictive value of PPE.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
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Plant Sciences
Yoo Gyeong Park, Byoung Ryong Jeong
Summary: The effects of night interruption light (NIL) provided by light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on the morphogenesis, blooming, and transcription of photoreceptor genes in Petunia hybrida Hort. Easy Wave Pink were investigated. The photoperiod had impacts on both morphogenesis and blooming, and the second NIL had a significant influence on both.
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Microbiology
Javier Pardo-Medina, Gabriel Gutierrez, M. Carmen Limon, Javier Avalos
Summary: The WcoA gene in F. fujikuroi plays a crucial role in the synthesis of carotenoids, and its loss leads to a drastic reduction in carotenoid gene levels as well as various morphological and metabolic changes. The transcriptome analysis revealed that WcoA acts as a master regulatory protein, influencing a large number of genes in addition to its role as a photoreceptor responsible for transcriptional responses to light.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Muthusamy Muthusamy, Jin-A Kim, Soo-In Lee
Summary: This study is helpful in understanding the molecular evolution characteristics of Brassica PHRs and lays the foundation for their functional characterization.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hui Xu, Nange Jin, Jen-Zen Chuang, Zhao Zhang, Xiaoyue Zhong, Zhijing Zhang, Ching-Hwa Sung, Christophe P. Ribelayga, Yingbin Fu
Summary: This study investigates the physiological roles of cone opsins in mice using a loss-of-function approach. It finds that mice with cone opsin deficiency are unable to form normal outer segments but can survive for an extended period of time. Although these mutant cones do not respond to light directly, they continue to mediate visual signaling by relaying the rod signals through rod-cone gap junctions.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Anxhela Rredhi, Jan Petersen, Melvin Schubert, Wei Li, Sabine Oldemeyer, Wenshuang Li, Martin Westermann, Volker Wagner, Tilman Kottke, Maria Mittag
Summary: Characterization of the protein CRY-DASH1 from the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii revealed its localization in the chloroplast and accumulation at midday. The knock-out mutant of cry-dash1 showed reduced photoautotrophic growth but increased levels of photosynthetic pigments and higher efficiency of photosystem II (PS II). CRY-DASH1 was found to bind fully reduced flavin adenine dinucleotide and the antenna 5,10-methenyltetrahydrofolate, suggesting its role as a photoreceptor for the UV-A range in the photosynthetic machinery.
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Horticulture
Paul Kusuma, Bruce Bugbee
Summary: Phytochrome in plants primarily absorbs in the red and far-red regions to perceive shade and induce morphological responses. However, the traditional phytochrome photoequilibrium may not be a reliable metric, and using R and FR photon fluxes as environmental signals may be a better predictor of plant shape. Introducing the FR fraction metric improves intuitive understanding and reliability in both electric lights and field conditions.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
E. Sethe Burgie, Zachary T. K. Gannam, Katrice E. McLoughlin, Christopher D. Sherman, Alex S. Holehouse, Robert J. Stankey, Richard D. Vierstra
Summary: Many aspects of photoperception in plants and microorganisms are initiated by the family of photoreceptors known as phytochrome (Phy). Different isoforms of Phy (PhyA to PhyE) collectively regulate photomorphogenesis and temperature perception through distinct biophysical properties such as absorption shifts and thermal reversion rates. The unique features of Phy isoforms, which emerged early in Phy evolution, enable plants to effectively sense and adapt to their light and temperature environments.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Panpan Zhu, Jingjin Xu, Yadong Wang, Chengtian Zhao
Summary: Research reveals that deletion of the ift74 gene in zebrafish results in ciliogenesis defects in multiple organs, with photoreceptor cell degeneration occurring at a slower pace compared to other ift-b mutants.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2021)
Review
Plant Sciences
Martina Legris
Summary: Leaves, as the primary photosynthetic organs in plants, have a high degree of developmental plasticity. Light and temperature play important roles in regulating leaf development, but there are still many unanswered questions regarding the environmental regulation of leaf development.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Martin Balcerowicz, Mahiar Mahjoub, Duy Nguyen, Hui Lan, Dorothee Stoeckle, Susana Conde, Katja E. Jaeger, Philip A. Wigge, Daphne Ezer
Summary: This study investigates the gene expression dynamics in plants after light stimulus at dawn through high-resolution RNA-sequencing and perturbation experiments. The results show that phytochrome and cryptochrome signaling play vital roles in fine-tuning the transcriptional response to light at dawn.
Review
Mycology
Alene Alder-Rangel, Alexandre M. Bailao, Anderson F. da Cunha, Celia M. A. Soares, Chengshu Wang, Diego Bonatto, Ekaterina Dadachova, Elias Hakalehto, Elis C. A. Eleutherio, Everton K. K. Fernandes, Geoffrey M. Gadd, Gerhard H. Braus, Gilberto U. L. Braga, Gustavo H. Goldman, Iran Malavazi, John E. Hallsworth, Jon Y. Takemoto, Kevin K. Fuller, Laura Selbmann, Luis M. Corrochano, Marcia R. von Zeska Kress, Maria Celia Bertolini, Monika Schmoll, Nicolas Pedrini, Octavio Loera, Roger D. Finlay, Rosane M. Peralta, Drauzio E. N. Rangel
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Mycology
Maria Olmedo, Till Roenneberg, Martha Merrow, Luis M. Corrochano
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Mycology
Luciana P. Dias, Nicolas Pedrini, Gilberto U. L. Braga, Paulo C. Ferreira, Breno Pupin, Claudineia A. S. Araujo, Luis M. Corrochano, Drauzio E. N. Rangel
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Genetics & Heredity
Ozlem Sarikaya Bayram, Anne Dettmann, Betim Karahoda, Nicola M. Moloney, Tereza Ormsby, Jamie McGowan, Sara Cea-Sanchez, Alejandro Miralles-Duran, Guilherme T. P. Brancini, Eva M. Luque, David A. Fitzpatrick, David Canovas, Luis M. Corrochano, Sean Doyle, Eric U. Selker, Stephan Seiler, Ozgur Bayram
Review
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Carmen Ruger-Herreros, Luis M. Corrochano
INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Mycology
Victor G. Tagua, Eusebio Navarro, Gabriel Gutierrez, Victoriano Garre, Luis M. Corrochano
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Mycology
Alene Alder-Rangel, Alexander Idnurm, Alexandra C. Brand, Alistair J. P. Brown, Anna Gorbushina, Christina M. Kelliher, Claudia B. Campos, David E. Levin, Deborah Bell-Pedersen, Ekaterina Dadachova, Florian F. Bauer, Geoffrey M. Gadd, Gerhard H. Braus, Gilberto U. L. Braga, Guilherme T. P. Brancini, Graeme M. Walker, Irina Druzhinina, Istvan Pocsi, Jan Dijksterhuis, Jesus Aguirre, John E. Hallsworth, Julia Schumacher, Koon Ho Wong, Laura Selbmann, Luis M. Corrochano, Martin Kupiec, Michelle Momany, Mikael Molin, Natalia Requena, Oded Yarden, Radames J. B. Cordero, Reinhard Fischer, Renata C. Pascon, Rocco L. Mancinelli, Tamas Emri, Thiago O. Basso, Drauzio E. N. Rangel
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Eusebio Navarro, Nils Niemann, Dennis Kock, Tamila Dadaeva, Gabriel Gutierrez, Timo Engelsdorf, Stephan Kiontke, Luis M. Corrochano, Alfred Batschauer, Victoriano Garre
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Microbiology
J. M. Myers, A. E. Bonds, R. A. Clemons, N. A. Thapa, D. R. Simmons, D. Carter-House, J. Ortanez, P. Liu, A. Miralles-Duran, A. Desiro, J. E. Longcore, G. Bonito, J. E. Stajich, J. W. Spatafora, Y. Chang, L. M. Corrochano, A. Gryganskyi, I. Grigoriev, T. Y. James
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Microbiology
J. M. Myers, A. E. Bonds, R. A. Clemons, N. A. Thapa, D. R. Simmons, D. Carter-House, J. Ortanez, P. Liu, A. Miralles-Duran, A. Desiro, J. E. Longcore, G. Bonito, J. E. Stajich, J. W. Spatafora, Y. Chang, L. M. Corrochano, A. Gryganskyi, I. V. Grigoriev, T. Y. James
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Guilherme T. P. Brancini, John E. Hallsworth, Luis M. Corrochano, Gilberto U. L. Braga
Summary: Metarhizium fungi play important roles in ecosystems as biocontrol agents and key microbes. This study examines their cellular stress biology, focusing on their photobiology and response to solar ultraviolet radiation. It proposes a mechanism through which Metarhizium species use visible light to mitigate UV-induced damage, enhancing their environmental persistence and bioinsecticide performance.
JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biology
Maria del Mar Gil-Sanchez, Sara Cea-Sanchez, Eva M. Luque, David Canovas, Luis M. Corrochano
Summary: This study describes a novel effect of light regulation on the degradation of VE-1, a key component of the velvet complex in fungi. The accumulation of VE-1 under light exposure allows the fungal cell to adapt quickly to changes in light and regulate the expression of genes involved in photoprotective pigment biosynthesis.
Article
Microbiology
Sara Cea-Sanchez, Maria Corrochano-Luque, Gabriel Gutierrez, N. Louise Glass, David Canovas, Luis M. Corrochano
Summary: Most fungi disperse in nature by producing spores during asexual development, which is regulated by environmental signals. The velvet complex, a fungus-specific protein complex, participates in the regulation of gene expression. In Neurospora crassa, VE-1 plays a major role in transcriptional regulation during spore development.
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Genetics & Heredity
O. Sarikaya Bayram, A. Dettmann, B. Karahoda, N. M. Moloney, T. Ormsby, J. McGowan, S. Cea-Sanchez, A. Miralles-Duran, G. T. P. Brancini, E. M. Luque, D. A. Fitzpatrick, D. Canovas, L. M. Corrochano, S. Doyle, E. U. Selker, S. Seiler, O. Bayram
