Fuller Kevin K, Loros Jennifer J, Dunlap Jay C
Department of Genetics, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA,
Curr Genet. 2015 Aug;61(3):275-88. doi: 10.1007/s00294-014-0451-0. Epub 2014 Oct 17.
Visible light is an important source of energy and information for much of life on this planet. Though fungi are neither photosynthetic nor capable of observing adjacent objects, it is estimated that the majority of fungal species display some form of light response, ranging from developmental decision-making to metabolic reprogramming to pathogenesis. As such, advances in our understanding of fungal photobiology will likely reach the broad fields impacted by these organisms, including agriculture, industry and medicine. In this review, we will first describe the mechanisms by which fungi sense light and then discuss the selective advantages likely imparted by their ability to do so.
可见光对于地球上的许多生命而言，是能量和信息的重要来源。尽管真菌既不能进行光合作用，也无法观察相邻物体，但据估计，大多数真菌物种都表现出某种形式的光反应，范围从发育决策到代谢重编程再到发病机制。因此，我们对真菌光生物学认识的进展可能会影响到受这些生物体影响的广泛领域，包括农业、工业和医学。在这篇综述中，我们将首先描述真菌感知光的机制，然后讨论真菌具备这种能力可能带来的选择优势。
