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Spent culture medium contained five electrophoretically distinct proteolytic activities when Coprinus c;llereus was grown in culture medium which contained protein as sole source of nitrogen. The enzymes were separated by ultrafiltration, gel filtration and ionexchange chromatography into two groups designated EL and AD fractions. The EL fraction passed through a DE-52 column with eluant, and c...

Mating type genes regulate sexual compatibility and sexual reproduction in fungi. This review focuses on recent molecular analyses of well-characterized mating systems from representative ascomycete (Neurospora crassa, Podospora anserina) and basidiomycete (Ustilago maydis, Coprinus cinereus, Schizophyllum commune) fungi. These mating systems include many conserved components, such as gene regu...

Mushrooms, such as Coprinus cinereus, possess large families of pheromones and G-protein-coupled receptors that are sequestered at the B mating-type locus and whose function is to confer vast numbers of different mating types. This ability results from complex patterns of cognate and noncognate pheromone/receptor pairings, which potentially offer a unique insight into the molecular interaction ...