Study on the bZIP-Type Transcription Factors NapA and RsmA in the Regulation of Intracellular Reactive Species Levels and Sterigmatocystin Production of <i>Aspergillus nidulans</i>

Basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors play a crucial role in the environmental stress response of eukaryotes. In this work, we studied the effect of gene manipulations, including both deletions and overexpressions, of two selected bZIP transcription factors, NapA and RsmA, in the oxidati...

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Autores principales: Bernadett Bákány, Wen-Bing Yin, Beatrix Dienes, Tibor Nagy, Éva Leiter, Tamás Emri, Nancy P. Keller, István Pócsi
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Publicado: MDPI AG 2021
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Sumario:Basic leucine zipper (bZIP) transcription factors play a crucial role in the environmental stress response of eukaryotes. In this work, we studied the effect of gene manipulations, including both deletions and overexpressions, of two selected bZIP transcription factors, NapA and RsmA, in the oxidative stress response and sterigmatocystin production of <i>Aspergillus nidulans</i>. We found that NapA was important in the oxidative stress response by negatively regulating intracellular reactive species production and positively regulating catalase activities, whereas RsmA slightly negatively regulated catalase activities. Concerning sterigmatocystin production, the highest concentration was measured in the <i>ΔrsmA</i><i>ΔnapA</i> double deletion mutant, but elevated sterigmatocystin production was also found in the OE<i>rsmA</i> OE<i>napA</i> strain. Our results indicate that NapA influences sterigmatocystin production via regulating reactive species level whereas RsmA modulates toxin production independently of the redox regulation of the cells.