Phycomyces blakesleeanus is a filamentous fungus in the Order Mucorales of the phylum Zygomycota or subphylum Mucoromycotina. The spore-bearing sporangiophores of Phycomyces are very sensitive to different environmental signals including light, gravity, wind, chemicals and adjacent objects. They exhibit phototropic growth: most Phycomyces research has focused on sporangiophore photobiology, such as phototropism and photomecism ('light growth response'). Metabolic, developmental, and photoresponse mutants have been isolated, some of which have been genetically mapped. At least ten different genes (named madA through to madJ) are required for phototropism. The madA gene encodes a protein related to the White Collar-1 class of photoreceptors that are present in other fungi, while madB encodes a protein related to the White Collar-2 protein that physically bind to White collar 1 to participate in the responses to light.

Sequence Statistics

No Sequences14792
No Amino Acids5780250
Min Seq. Length49
Avg. Seq. Length390.769
Max Seq. Length9068
Seq. Length 1σ325.763

Disorder Prediction Statistics

Predictor % Genome Disordered % Genome Disordered in SCOP Domains Avg. % of Seq. Disordered Avg. % of Disordered Regions in SCOP Domains Avg. % of Seq. Disordered and in SCOP Domains
VLXT 28.522 5.656 27.927 22.861 5.595
VSL2b 35.281 5.178 34.905 19.976 5.406
PrDOS 34.395 3.990 34.242 16.245 3.980
PV2 39.933 6.401 40.310 20.596 6.416
IUPred-S 16.756 1.176 16.326 11.709 1.430
IUPred-L 18.313 1.433 20.472 17.893 1.973
Espritz-N 26.071 3.340 24.168 18.075 3.071
Espritz-X 16.500 0.931 16.666 9.769 1.194
Espritz-D 5.463 0.536 30.277 10.529 6.181

SUPERFAMILY Domains

% Amino Acids with SCOP Assignment % Sequences with SCOP Assignment No of Domains No of Superfamilies No of Families Avg. Family Size Avg. Domain Length Domain Pairs Unique Domain Architectures
35 47 10037 858 681 11.7 391 702 2170

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