Abstract
Nitrogen is essential for the production of most biological macromolecules, not least proteins and nucleic acids. Consequently, its effective acquisition and utilisation are fundamental to all biological systems. Generally, fungi can utilise a very diverse range of compounds as their source of nitrogen. Inevitably, this metabolic versatility demands appropriate expression of the many genes involved in nitrogen assimilation. Many of the regulatory mechanisms involved in determining effective and efficient utilisation of available nitrogen have been well studied (Wiame et al. 1985; Caddick 1994; Marzluf 1997). However, nitrogen is also an important signal for other aspects of growth including morphological development, the production of secondary metabolites and the regulation of virulence determinants in phytopathogenic fungi (Brakhage 1998; Pan et al. 2000; Snoeijers et al. 2000).
Keywords
- Nitrate Reductase
- Neurospora Crassa
- Aspergillus Nidulans
- Carbon Catabolite Repression
- Nitrate Assimilation
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Caddick, M.X. (2004). Nitrogen Regulation in Mycelial Fungi. In: Brambl, R., Marzluf, G.A. (eds) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. The Mycota, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06064-3_17
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