INVESTIGADORES
GRAS Diana Ester
artículos
Título:
Transcriptional changes in the nuc-2A mutant strain of Neurospora crassa cultivated under conditions of phosphate shortage
Autor/es:
GRAS DE; SILVEIRA HC; PERES NT; SANCHES PR; MARTINEZ-ROSSI NM; ROSSI A
Revista:
MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Editorial:
ELSEVIER GMBH
Referencias:
Año: 2009 p. 658 - 664
ISSN:
0944-5013
Resumen:
The molecular mechanism that controls the response to phosphate shortage in Neurospora crassa involves four regulatory genes: nuc-2, preg, pgov and nuc-1. Phosphate shortage is sensed by the nuc-2 gene, the product of which inhibits the functioning of the PREG-PGOV complex. This allows the translocation of the transcriptional factor NUC-1 into the nucleus, which activates the transcription of phosphate-repressible phosphatases. The nuc-2A mutant strain of N. crassa carries a loss-of-function mutation in the nuc-2 gene, which encodes an ankyrin-like repeat protein. In this study, we identified transcripts that are downregulated in the nuc-2A mutant strain. Functional grouping of these expressed sequence tags allowed the identification of genes that play essential roles in different cellular processes such as transport, transcriptional regulation, signal transduction, metabolism, protein synthesis, protein fate, and development. These results reveal novel aspects of the phosphorus-sensing network in N. crassa
