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Jennifer Gerke, Özgür Bayram, Gerhard H. Braus<br />

The velvet complex coordinates light, fungal development and<br />

secondary metabolism in Aspergillus nidulans<br />

Differentiation and secondary metabolism are correlated processes in fungi and respond<br />

to light. In Aspergillus nidulans, light inhibits sexual reproduction as well as secondary<br />

metabolism. We identified the heterotrimeric velvet complex as link between lightresponding<br />

developmental regulation and control of secondary metabolism. VeA, which<br />

is primarily expressed in the dark, physically interacts with VelB that is expressed during<br />

sexual development. VeA bridges VelB to the nuclear master regulator of secondary<br />

metabolism LaeA. Deletion of either velB or veA results in defects in both sexual fruiting<br />

body formation and production of secondary metabolites.<br />

contact:<br />

Jennifer Gerke<br />

Georg-August-University Göttingen<br />

Institute of Microbiology and Genetics<br />

jgerke@gwdg.de<br />

Grisebachstr. 8<br />

37077 Göttingen (Germany)

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