The chromatin code of fungal secondary metabolite gene clusters

A Gacek, J Strauss - Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2012 - Springer
Secondary metabolite biosynthesis genes in fungi are usually physically linked and
organized in large gene clusters. The physical linkage of genes involved in the same …

The Fusarium graminearum Histone H3 K27 Methyltransferase KMT6 Regulates Development and Expression of Secondary Metabolite Gene Clusters

LR Connolly, KM Smith, M Freitag - PLoS genetics, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The cereal pathogen Fusarium graminearum produces secondary metabolites toxic to
humans and animals, yet coordinated transcriptional regulation of gene clusters remains …

Upstream regulation of mycotoxin biosynthesis

F Alkhayyat, JH Yu - Advances in applied microbiology, 2014 - Elsevier
Mycotoxins are natural contaminants of food and feed products, posing a substantial health
risk to humans and animals throughout the world. A plethora of filamentous fungi has been …

Large-Scale Metabolomics Reveals a Complex Response of Aspergillus nidulans to Epigenetic Perturbation

JC Albright, MT Henke, AA Soukup… - ACS chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The microbial world offers a rich source of bioactive compounds for those able to sift through
it. Technologies capable of quantitatively detecting natural products while simultaneously …

Overexpression of the Aspergillus nidulans histone 4 acetyltransferase EsaA increases activation of secondary metabolite production

AA Soukup, YM Chiang, JW Bok… - Molecular …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Regulation of secondary metabolite (SM) gene clusters in A spergillus nidulans has been
shown to occur through cluster‐specific transcription factors or through global regulators of …

Secondary Metabolism and Development Is Mediated by LlmF Control of VeA Subcellular Localization in Aspergillus nidulans

JM Palmer, JM Theisen, RM Duran, WS Grayburn… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Secondary metabolism and development are linked in Aspergillus through the conserved
regulatory velvet complex composed of VeA, VelB, and LaeA. The founding member of the …

Global survey of canonical Aspergillus flavus G protein-coupled receptors

KJ Affeldt, J Carrig, M Amare, NP Keller - MBio, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are transmembrane receptors that relay
signals from the external environment inside the cell, allowing an organism to adapt to its …

The HosA histone deacetylase regulates aflatoxin biosynthesis through direct regulation of aflatoxin cluster genes

H Lan, L Wu, R Sun, NP Keller, K Yang… - Molecular Plant …, 2019 - Am Phytopath Society
Histone deacetylases (HDACs) always function as corepressors and sometimes as
coactivators in the regulation of fungal development and secondary metabolite production …

A novel automethylation reaction in the Aspergillus nidulans LaeA protein generates S-methylmethionine

AN Patananan, JM Palmer, GS Garvey… - Journal of Biological …, 2013 - ASBMB
The filamentous fungi in the genus Aspergillus are opportunistic plant and animal pathogens
that can adapt to their environment by producing various secondary metabolites, including …

Tools for high efficiency genetic manipulation of the human pathogen Penicillium marneffei

HE Bugeja, KJ Boyce, H Weerasinghe, S Beard… - Fungal genetics and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Penicillium marneffei is an opportunistic pathogen of humans and displays a temperature
dependent dimorphic transition. Like many fungi, exogenous DNA introduced by DNA …