VELB — Neurospora crassa

Summary

NCU02775 (VELB, NcVELB) on Neurospora crassa chromosome 1 encodes a protein containing a Velvet domain, placing it in the Velvet family. The gene is associated with cellular response to light stimulus, negative regulation of conidium formation, positive regulation of sexual sporulation resulting in formation of a cellular spore, positive regulation of sterigmatocystin biosynthetic process, carotene anabolism, carotenoid anabolism, mycose biosynthesis, secondary metabolism, and hypersensitivity. The encoded protein localises to both the cytoplasm and nucleus. Related genes in other species link the family to reduced virulence, sporogenesis, and oxidative stress response, as well as associations with fusarium head blight and rice blast disease.