Does the Chemistry of Fungal Pigments Demand the Existence of Photoactivated Defense Strategies in Basidiomycetes?

Overview

Journal Photochem Photobiol Sci

Publisher Springer

Specialties Biology
Chemistry

Date 2021 Mar 19

PMID 33738747

Citations 8

Authors

Bianka Siewert

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Abstract

The well-known photosensitizers hypericin, harmane, and emodin are typical pigments of certain mushroom species-is this a coincidence or an indication towards a photoactivated defense mechanism in the phylum Basidiomycota? This perspective article explores this hypothesis by cross-linking the chemistry of fungal pigments with structural requirements from known photosensitizers and insights from photoactivated strategies in the kingdom Plantae. Thereby, light is shed on a yet unexplored playground dealing with ecological questions, photopharmaceutical opportunities, and biotechnological potentials.

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