Blue Light-Dependent Pre-mRNA Splicing Controls Pigment Biosynthesis in the Mushroom <i>Terana caerulea</i>
Stefanie Lawrinowitz, Jacob M. Wurlitzer, Dieter G. Weiss, Hans‐Dieter Arndt, Erika Kothe, Markus Gressler, Dirk Hoffmeister
Abstract
pre-mRNA and, thus, its proper maturation. Dual transcriptional/cotranscriptional light-dependent control of fungal natural product biosynthesis has previously been unknown. As it allows the tight control of a key metabolic step, it may be a much more prevalent mechanism among these organisms.
Topics & Concepts
BiochemistryBiologyBiosynthesisIntronGeneAlternative splicingGene expressionCell biologyGeneticsExonFungal Biology and ApplicationsNeurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchBiocrusts and Microbial Ecology