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  • Melanin biosynthesis in the fungus Curvularia lunata (teleomorph: Cochlioboluslunatus)
    Lanišnik-Rižner, Tea ; Wheeler, Michael H.
    Curvularia lunata (teleomorph: Cochliobolus lunatus) is a known plant and human pathogen. Tricyclazole, a specific inhibitor of pentaketide melanin biosynthesis, blocked the biosynthesis of melanin ... in Curvularia lunata and caused the accumulation of the melanin metabolites flaviolin and 2-hydroxyjuglone. This showed that melanin in Curvularia lunata is produced bya pentaketide pathway from 1,8-dihydroxynaphthalene. The 1,3,8trihydroxynaphthalene reductase (3HNR) gene, associated with the melanin pathway of Curvularia lunata, was identified and characterized. An alignment of 3HNR sequences enabled the design of primers covering conserved regions. A PCR-amplified fragment of Curvularia lunata genomic DNA was used for screeningthe cDNA library. Three independent cDNA clones revealed an 801-bp open reading frame encoding a 267 amino acid protein. The protein was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity. The predicted aminoacid sequence of the 28.6-kDa protein demonstrated homology to other fungal 3HNR and other members of the short-chain dehydrogenase super family. Northern analyses revealed that 3HNR from Curvularia lunata is expressed synchronously with melanization after 3 days of Curvularia lunata growth in malt extract medium. No 3HNR reductase gene expression nor melanization was observed when Curvularia lunata was grown in yeast nitrogen base medium.
    Source: Canadian journal of microbiology = Journal canadien de microbiologie. - ISSN 0008-4166 (Letn. 49, 2003, str. 110-119)
    Type of material - article, component part
    Publish date - 2003
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 16140761

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