For more than 40 years fungi have been known to produce pigments known as melanins.
Predominantly these have been dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA)-melanin and …

Melanins are complex black polymers of resonance stabilized cyclic subunits (including
indoles, phenols, hydroxynaphthalenes) and are notoriously intractable to chemical …

Fungi possess all kinds of melanins found in nature. These pigments are products of
polymerization of phenolic compounds. Phenolic precursors determine the polymerization …

Melanin is a secondary metabolite made up by complex heterogeneous polymers. Several
classes of fungal melanins have been described like γ-glutaminyl-3, 4-dihydroxy-benzene …

Melanins represent virulence factors for several pathogenic fungi; the number of examples is
growing. Thus, albino mutants of several genera (in one case, mutated precisely in the …

Melanins are generally described as dark brown or black pigments of high molecular weight
formed by oxidative polymerization of phenolic compounds. Certain yellow, red, green …

The fungus Magnaporthe grisea causes rice blast disease and gray leaf spot disease of
other grasses. Numerous M. grisea mutants that fail to produce the dark gray pigment typical …

The pigment melanin is found universally in nature and is attributed to a variety of functions.
In some fungi it is thought to play a decisive role in the determination of virulence. This …

Melanins are enigmatic pigments that are produced by a wide variety of microorganisms
including several species of pathogenic bacteria, fungi and helminthes. The study of …

Melanins provide fungi protection from environmental stressors, support their ecological
roles, and can confer virulence in pathogens. While the function, structure, and synthesis of …