Action Spectrum between 260 and 800 Nanometers for the Photoinduction of Carotenoid Biosynthesis in Neurospora crassa.
Plant Physiol
; 57(3): 440-5, 1976 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
An action spectrum for light-induced carotenoid biosynthesis in Neurospora crassa was determined in 4 to 20 nm steps from 260 to 800 nm. Four-day, dark-grown mycelial pads of N. crassa were exposed to varying amounts of monochromatic radiant energy and time. After a 48-hour incubation period at 6 C, carotenoid content was assayed spectrophotometrically in vivo. The action spectrum has maxima at 450 and 481 nm in the visible range and at 280 and 370 nm in the ultraviolet. A pigment synthesized by Neurospora whose absorption spectrum resembles the action spectrum is beta-carotene.A model for the regulation of carotenoid biosynthesis in N. crassa is proposed which describes a mechanism by which beta-carotene could act as a photoregulator. This carotenoid is suggested to be both photoreceptor for and regulator of carotenoid biosynthesis.
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Plant Physiol
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