Journal of Fungi,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
10(6), P. 420 - 420
Published: June 13, 2024
In
budding
yeast,
Rad5
and
Rad7-Rad16
play
respective
roles
in
the
error-free
post-replication
repair
nucleotide
excision
of
ultraviolet-induced
DNA
damage;
however,
their
homologs
have
not
yet
been
studied
non-yeast
fungi.
fungus
Beauveria
bassiana,
a
deficiency
Rad7
homolog,
ortholog
two
Rad16
paralogs
(Rad16A/B)
instituted
an
ability
to
help
insect-pathogenic
recover
from
solar
UVB
damage
through
photoreactivation.
The
fungal
lifecycle-related
phenotypes
were
altered
absence
rad5,
rad16A
or
rad16B,
while
severe
defects
growth
conidiation
caused
by
double
deletion
rad16B.
Compared
with
wild-type
complemented
strains,
mutants
showed
differentially
reduced
activities
regarding
resilience
UVB-impaired
conidia
at
25
°C
12-h
incubation
regime
visible
light
plus
dark
(L/D
3:9
h
5:7
for
photoreactivation)
full
darkness
(dark
reactivation)
mimicking
natural
nighttime.
estimates
median
lethal
dose
LD50
L/D
treatments
revealed
greater
Rad16B
than
Rad16A
additive
either
NER-dependent
reactivation
photorepair-dependent
However,
limited
recovering
low
dose-impaired
but
unable
impaired
sublethal
doses
as
did
photoreactivation
5:7,
unless
night/dark
time
was
doubled
further
prolonged.
Therefore,
anti-UV
effects
Rad5,
B.
bassiana
depend
primarily
on
are
mechanistically
distinct
those
yeast
homologs.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
89(9)
Published: Sept. 1, 2023
The
anti-ultraviolet
(UV)
role
of
a
Rad4-Rad23-Rad33
complex
in
budding
yeast
relies
on
nucleotide
excision
repair
(NER),
which
is
mechanistically
distinct
from
photorepair
DNA
lesions
generated
under
solar
UV
irradiation
but
remains
poorly
known
filamentous
fungi.
Here,
two
nucleus-specific
Rad4
paralogs
(Rad4A
and
Rad4B)
nucleocytoplasmic
shuttling
Rad23
ortholog
are
functionally
characterized
by
multiple
analyses
their
null
mutants
Metarhizium
robertsii,
an
entomopathogenic
fungus
lacking
Rad33.
Rad4A
was
proven
to
interact
with
contribute
significantly
more
conidial
UVB
resistance
(90%)
than
(65%).
Despite
no
other
biological
function,
exhibited
very
high
activity
photoreactivation
UVB-impaired/inactivated
conidia
5-h
light
exposure
due
its
interaction
Rad10,
anti-UV
protein
clarified
previously
have
acquired
similar
through
photolyase
M.
robertsii.
NER
or
revealed
lower
reactivation
rates
moderately
impaired
after
24-h
dark
incubation
hardly
observable
at
the
end
12-h
incubation,
suggesting
infeasibility
field
where
nighttime
too
short.
Aside
remarkable
contribution
resistance,
had
pleiotropic
effect
radial
growth,
aerial
conidiation,
antioxidant
response,
cell
wall
integrity
activity.
However,
Rad4B
proved
redundant
function.
unveils
essentiality
for
robertsii's
fitness
homolog's
depending
NER.
IMPORTANCE
Resilience
ultraviolet
(UV)-impaired
cells
crucial
application
fungal
insecticides
based
formulated
conidia.
Anti-UV
roles
Rad4,
Rad23,
Rad33
rely
upon
(NER)
yeast.
Among
robertsii
Rad33,
contributes
interacts
rather
Rad4B.
acquires
severely
inactivated
another
photorepair-required
photolyase.
either
seemingly
extant
unfeasible
conditions.
has
asexual
cycle
vitro
Therefore,
strong
depends
photoreactivation,
unveiling
scenario
NER-reliant
role.
Photochemistry and Photobiology,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
99(4), P. 1122 - 1130
Published: Nov. 28, 2022
Abstract
Nucleotide
excision
repair
(NER)
of
ultraviolet
(UV)‐induced
DNA
lesions
known
as
cyclobutane
pyrimidine
dimer
(CPD)
and
(6–4)‐pyrimidine‐pyrimidone
(6‐4PP)
photoproducts
depends
on
the
activities
multiple
anti‐UV
radiation
(RAD)
proteins
in
budding
yeast.
However,
NER
remains
poorly
filamentous
fungi,
whose
are
photorepaired
by
one
or
two
photolyases,
namely
CPD‐specific
Phr1
and/or
6‐4PP‐specific
Phr2.
Previously,
white
collar
WC1
WC2
were
proven
to
regulate
expressions
phr2
phr1
photorepair
6‐4PP
CDP
lesions,
respectively,
Metarhizium
robertsii
,
a
entomopathogenic‐phytoendophytic
fungus.
We
report
here
high
orthologous
Rad1
Rad10
5‐h
photoreactivation
UVB‐injured
UVB‐inactivated
conidia
but
severely
compromised
capability
their
reactivating
those
via
24‐h
dark
incubation
M.
.
The
null
mutants
rad1
rad10
much
more
conidial
UVB
resistance
than
previous
wc1
wc2
Multiple
protein–protein
(Rad1‐Rad10,
Rad1‐WC2,
Rad10‐Phr1,
WC1‐Phr1/2
WC2‐Phr1/2)
interactions
detected
suggest
direct/indirect
links
Phr1/2
WC1/2
an
importance
for
activities.
Conclusively,
photoreactivate
UVB‐impaired
through
with
photorepair‐required
proteins.
Journal of Fungi,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
10(6), P. 420 - 420
Published: June 13, 2024
In
budding
yeast,
Rad5
and
Rad7-Rad16
play
respective
roles
in
the
error-free
post-replication
repair
nucleotide
excision
of
ultraviolet-induced
DNA
damage;
however,
their
homologs
have
not
yet
been
studied
non-yeast
fungi.
fungus
Beauveria
bassiana,
a
deficiency
Rad7
homolog,
ortholog
two
Rad16
paralogs
(Rad16A/B)
instituted
an
ability
to
help
insect-pathogenic
recover
from
solar
UVB
damage
through
photoreactivation.
The
fungal
lifecycle-related
phenotypes
were
altered
absence
rad5,
rad16A
or
rad16B,
while
severe
defects
growth
conidiation
caused
by
double
deletion
rad16B.
Compared
with
wild-type
complemented
strains,
mutants
showed
differentially
reduced
activities
regarding
resilience
UVB-impaired
conidia
at
25
°C
12-h
incubation
regime
visible
light
plus
dark
(L/D
3:9
h
5:7
for
photoreactivation)
full
darkness
(dark
reactivation)
mimicking
natural
nighttime.
estimates
median
lethal
dose
LD50
L/D
treatments
revealed
greater
Rad16B
than
Rad16A
additive
either
NER-dependent
reactivation
photorepair-dependent
However,
limited
recovering
low
dose-impaired
but
unable
impaired
sublethal
doses
as
did
photoreactivation
5:7,
unless
night/dark
time
was
doubled
further
prolonged.
Therefore,
anti-UV
effects
Rad5,
B.
bassiana
depend
primarily
on
are
mechanistically
distinct
those
yeast
homologs.