vvd — Neurospora crassa

Summary

NCU03967 (vvd) on Neurospora crassa chromosome 6 encodes a PAS-domain-containing protein with photoreceptor activity, sequence-specific DNA-binding, nucleotide-binding and zinc-binding activities. The gene is associated with blue light response, photomorphogenesis, phototransduction, circadian rhythm, rhythmic processes, memory, asexual sporulation, flocculation, pigmentation, carotenoid and pigment anabolism, glycogen metabolism, protein processing, electron transfer, chromatin silencing, regulation of gene expression and transcription, and exosome-mediated processes. Its product localises to both cytoplasm and nucleus. Studies of related genes in other species link the VVD family to reduced virulence and associations with ear rot in corn and yellow mold in peanut.