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White Collar-1, a Circadian Blue Light Photoreceptor, Binding to the frequency Promoter
Allan C. Froehlich,Yi Liu,*Jennifer J. Loros,Jay C. Dunlap
In the fungus Neurospora crassa, the blue
light photoreceptor(s) and signaling pathway(s) have not been
identified. We examinedlight signaling by exploiting the light
sensitivity of the Neurosporabiological clock, specifically
the rapid induction by light ofthe clock component
frequency (frq). Light induction of
frq istranscriptionally controlled and requires two
cis-acting elements(LREs) in the frq promoter. Both LREs
are bound by a White Collar-1(WC-1)/White Collar-2
(WC-2)-containing complex (WCC), and lightcauses decreased mobility of the WCC bound to the LREs. The useof in
vitro-translated WC-1 and WC-2 confirmed that WC-1, withflavin
adenine dinucleotide as a cofactor, is the blue light photoreceptorthat mediates light input to the circadian system through directbinding (with WC-2) to the frq promoter.
Departments of 1Genetics and
2Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
*
Present address: Department of Physiology, University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
jennifer.loros{at}dartmouth.edu (J.J.L.) and jay.c.dunlap{at}dartmouth.edu
(J.C.D)
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