INVESTIGADORES
LOPEZ Silvina Marianela Yanil
artículos
Título:
Melanins in Fungi: types, localization and putative biological roles
Autor/es:
TOLEDO ANDREA; MARIO E. E. FRANCO; SILVINA M. Y. LÓPEZ; MARIA INÉS TRONCOZO; MARIO SAPARRAT; PEDRO A. BALATTI
Revista:
PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY
Editorial:
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Referencias:
Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2017
ISSN:
0885-5765
Resumen:
Melanins are secondary metabolites made up by a group of complex heterogeneous polymers like phenolic and/or indolic monomers. Several classes of fungal melanins have been described like γ-glutaminyl-3,4-dihydroxy-benzene (GDHB)-, L-DOPA , DHN, catechol-, pyomelanin, p-aminophenol (PAP)- and also the heterogeneous melanins as well as the recently reported 5-deoxybostrycoidin-based melanin. They have been mostly localized in cell walls in different structures of fungi, which suggest that they play different biological roles. They have been related mostly withmorphogenesis, stress resistance, virulence and energy transduction. Still much work remains to be done in order to clarify the role melanins play in fungi
