XLNR — Neurospora crassa

Summary

NCU06971, symbol XLNR and also known as xlr-1, encodes a Zn2Cys6 DNA-binding transcription factor on Neurospora crassa chromosome 4. The product belongs to the XlnR/Xlr1 family and exhibits DNA-binding transcription factor activity specific to RNA polymerase II, along with DNA and zinc binding. This gene is associated with positive regulation of xylan and cellulose breakdown, carbon catabolite repression, glycogen metabolism, secretion, cell cycle processes, and transcription regulation. It localises to the nucleus. Related genes in other species link the XlnR/Xlr1 family to transcriptional activation of plant cell wall-degrading enzymes, though this is not established for N. crassa itself.