A light-labile signal molecule acts as a photoregulator of secondary metabolite biosynthesis in a heterotrophic bacterium
Alissa Dierberger, Magdalena M. Rose, Raimund Nagel, Torsten Jakob, Charles Simpson, Shuaibing Zhang, Vivien Hotter, Maria Mittag, Pierre Stallforth, Qing Yan, Severin Sasso
The paper identifies a light-labile signal molecule that regulates secondary metabolite biosynthesis in Pseudomonas protegens by degrading in light and activating gene expression in the dark.
bioRxiv · Mar 2, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology