Function
Transcription factor; part of the gene cluster that mediates the biosynthesis of dihydroxynaphthalene (DHN)-melanin, a bluish-green pigment forming a dark layer in the conidial wall that protects the conidia from UV radiations (PubMed:28517364). May not regulate the process of scytalone production from the pentaketide 1,3,6,8-tetrahydroxynaphthalene (1,3,6,8-THN or T4HN) (PubMed:28517364).
Sequence
MLMISNCSRDLLQRHFSNYHDPSASEAPVAGAGPSVAGKTPIACLNCSQAKTGCNKEVPCQRCQDKGLHCVQRYARRTSKLAARSQAAATAAAAQASRVAQVTPVTVQQSLPNVSVSIEPSQTLSQIQPPLVHEGGASVTMDPAILEMPLMNSFMKQQDPEVHDGSSPANSITFPLPIHLKAESPRQRTASVDLNFNNMNSEPSPPSIEPMEDQSWVNSLMSNDPNFGPGNMFSSTYDLGYQLGPSYADPTTDFSQMSQSMLQHDASMSSMEFAGSPSGVSPFGDLSTSNSEPSSSSWGSSHTRATSICSAHCLYDQSGEFDVTSNSAKQGLPISTDSDVILTEAAWPMARCTPPIYSGACPRTALGHLQRLEQKSSYQGARPFAWHTLERELSSLNWDNADLASVVPMNSQTRDSLMSISQRFHARALDIHRENDPGRDKSPLGSNCGPMSFLNLPSSKVLEFFMKSYVRSLTSFYSLVSEGRIDPNQMHRNDPASIILMLLMIAQGASAVDSEDARILSMGLIETCRISLLDIIDKNVEMSADPTALRAALLFAHLGAWSGDKWLMDIAMGQRGMYISMLKHAGMLTAQPPICPVLDGDQGQKNSWRLWLQVETKNRLVYDWVMVDQELSLFHDTDPQLDVSELRASLPCSEKLWKSSTVEQWADAVQCYLSKGNPHPLTPPSLYHLYREFLEQKLVDGRVGLTAHQLRLLLHPIQKMLCQQRQTLTCFSDMFVPDQPGHVSFSKAYVMRQVEVVRSLLSRWHDLAMRCLNMNPDCTIMRTNMVLYHLISLNAVTNFPEIESFARQERYDGSYWGSRHQRCIYNRQQAVHDCGQVFSILRNLPTDRLPTWWSAAIYRATMILWADSALQSQSQAHASLSPPEATEGQYAMNAPQDFNHTLDYNVIPYVTRSDGTPFHLDRHSEVLDYAICAIDQGASSRLGEGIKRKLIALGNNWH