Cloning and Characterization of the <Emphasis Type="Italic">BLR2</Emphasis>, the Homologue of the Blue-Light Regulator of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Neurospora crassa</Emphasis> WC-2, in the Phytopathogenic Fungus <Emphasis Type="Italic">Bipolaris oryzae</Emphasis> |
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Authors: | Akihiro Moriwaki Hirofumi Katsube Makoto Ueno Sakae Arase Junichi Kihara |
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Institution: | (1) Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, Matsue Shimane, 690-8504, Japan |
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Abstract: | Bipolaris oryzae is a filamentous ascomycetous fungus that causes brown leaf spot disease in rice. We isolated and characterized BLR2, a gene that encodes a putative blue-light regulator similar to Neurospora crassa white collar-2 (WC-2). The deduced amino acid sequence of the BLR2 showed significant homology to other fungal blue-light regulator proteins in the Per-Arnt-Sim (PAS) protein–protein interaction
domain, nuclear localization signal, and GATA zinc finger DNA-binding domains. The BLR2-silenced transformants hardly produced conidia in the subsequent dark condition after near-ultraviolet (NUV) irradiation.
Furthermore, the BLR2-silenced transformants suppressed the photolyase (PHR1) gene expression enhanced by NUV irradiation. These results indicate that BLR2 is necessary not only for conidial formation, but also for NUV radiation-enhanced photolyase gene expression in B. oryzae.
The DDBJ accession number for the sequence reported in this paper is AB282674. |
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