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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)