Unusual photochemical characteristics of a novel BLUF-like protein from fungus
Tewari, S.; Kateriya, S.
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Blue light using Flavin (BLUF) proteins are microbial photoreceptors that are involved in various physiological responses. Their occurrence and biochemical properties in fungi remain poorly understood. Here, we investigated a putative BLUF photoreceptor from the corn-smut fungus Mycosarcoma maydis (MmBLUF). Domain analysis, multiple sequence alignment of BLUF core regions, and structural modelling indicated conserved canonical BLUF fold and flavin-pocket residues. However, when heterologously expressed, UV-visible and fluorescence spectroscopy revealed different spectral behaviour than canonical BLUF protein. Further, we tested the role of extended N-terminus in modulation of chromophore binding by expressing N-terminus truncated protein variants. Our results suggest that the unusual spectral behaviour is not linked to the truncation construct (extended N-terminus), which also showed similar spectral features, indicating that the extended N-terminus is unlikely to account for an unusual photodynamics characteristics. Our findings support MmBLUF as a structurally conserved putative fungal BLUF-like photoreceptor with different photochemical properties. Further studies are required to establish its chromophore identity, photocycle and function of this unusual BLUF-like domain from fungal system.
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