wc-2 cDNA ORF clone, Neurospora crassa OR74A

The genome sequence of the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa.
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DNA binding for light induction by the White Collar complex requires only WC-2, whereas DNA binding for circadian functions requires WC-2 .
Title: Alternative Use of DNA Binding Domains by the Neurospora White Collar Complex Dictates Circadian Regulation and Light Responses.

Our data suggest that WCC acts as a general switch for light-induced chromatin remodeling and gene expression. SUB1 and FF7 synergistically determine the extent of light-induction of target genes in common with WCC( WC1 and WC2)
Title: Combinatorial control of light induced chromatin remodeling and gene activation in Neurospora.

The not1 transcript displays a circadian oscillation with a similar phase as frq. Down-regulation of not1 leads to low levels of WC-1 and WC-2 and a delayed circadian phase as a result of increased protein degradation and increased WC activity.
Title: The Ccr4-not protein complex regulates the phase of the Neurospora circadian clock by controlling white collar protein stability and activity.

Data show that an internal promoter in the wc2 coding region drives expression of an amino-terminally shortened isoform, sWC2.
Title: Transcriptional regulation and function of the Neurospora clock gene white collar 2 and its isoforms.

a common mechanism controls the light-induced transcription of immediate early genes (such as frq, al-3, and vvd) in Neurospora, in which light induces the binding of identical large WC-1/WC-2 complexes to the light response elements in their promoters
Title: Molecular mechanism of light responses in Neurospora: from light-induced transcription to photoadaptation.