Genetic and molecular characterisation of purine permease genes of Aspergillus nidulans reveals a novel family of transporters conserved in prokaryotes and eukaryotes
Language English Country United States Media print
Document type Journal Article
PubMed
8550005
DOI
10.1007/bf02814078
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- MeSH
- Aspergillus nidulans enzymology genetics MeSH
- Fungal Proteins * MeSH
- Genes, Fungal genetics MeSH
- Membrane Transport Proteins genetics MeSH
- Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal physiology MeSH
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Fungal Proteins * MeSH
- Membrane Transport Proteins MeSH
- UAPA protein, Aspergillus nidulans MeSH Browser
The ascomycete fungus Aspergillus nidulans can utilize purines (adenine, guanine, hypoxanthine, xanthine, and uric acid) as sole nitrogen sources [1]. The expression of most structural genes involved in the pathway of purine uptake and catabolism is subject to uric acid induction, mediated by the product of the positive regulatory gene uaY, and to nitrogen metabolite repression, mediated by the product of the general, positive-acting, GATA-like transcription factor, encoded by the areA gene [1].
