LREA — Neurospora crassa

Summary

NCU02356 (LREA, wc-1) on Neurospora crassa chromosome 7 encodes a protein with photoreceptor activity and sequence-specific DNA-binding activity, containing GATA-type zinc finger, PAS, and PAC domains. The gene is associated with blue light response, phototransduction, photomorphogenesis, phototropism, circadian rhythm and rhythmic behavior, as well as chloroplast movement, stomatal opening, reactive oxygen species anabolism, carotene anabolism, steroidogenesis, regulation of growth, fruiting body formation, histogenesis, and protein dephosphorylation. It is linked to red light sensitivity and respiration rate. The encoded protein localizes to both cytoplasm and nucleus. Studies of related genes in other species link the LREA family to reduced virulence and associations with ear rot in corn and yellow mold in peanut.