Light-induced Dephosphorylation of a 33 kDa protein in the wild-type strain of Neurospora crassa: The regulatory mutants wc-i and wc-2 are abnormal
✍ Scribed by Frank-R. Lauter; Vincenzo E.A. Russo
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 625 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1011-1344
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✦ Synopsis
Light induces the dephosphorylation of a 33 kdalton protein within 8 min in the wild-type strain of Neurospora crassa. The regulatory mutants, wc-1 and wc-2, have an altered pattern of phosphoproteins in darkness and also after irradiation. Because the wc genes have previously been implicated in photodifferentiation (F. Degli Innocenti and V. E. A. Russo, Genetic analysis of blue light-induced responses in Neurospora crassa, in H. Senger (ed.), Blue Light Effects in Biological Systems, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1984, pp. 213-219), we suggest that protein dephosphorylation may constitute a necessary step in the light-transduction chain of Neurospora crassa.