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For example, a toxin might direct biosynthesis of asecondarymetabolite, or a metabolite might turn on a set of genes involved in its own catabolism.
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A-factor at an extremely low concentration acts as a switch for progression from substrate mycelium to aerial mycelium and at the same time forsecondarymetaboliteformation.
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Conversely, asecondarymetaboliteis not directly involved in those processes, but usually has an important ecological function (i.e. a relational function).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The switch between growth and reproductive phases of these fungi is regulated in part by the level ofsecondarymetaboliteproduction.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A few proteins and at least onesecondarymetabolitehave been identified as potential allergens.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The fungus also produces asecondarymetabolitecalled lovastatin, a potent drug for lowering blood cholesterol levels in humans and animals.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Research in his laboratory focuses on molecular physiology ofsecondarymetabolitesynthesis in plants.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Asecondarymetaboliteis not directly involved in those processes, but usually has an important ecological function.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The brown tubular sponge produces asecondarymetabolite, sceptrina, an alkaloid with antimicrobial properties.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These trees produce teas of better flavor due to the higher levels ofsecondarymetaboliteproduced in the tea tree.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is asecondarymetaboliteof these plants and serves as a drug with a wide variety of effects.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Secondarymetaboliteproduction seems to have arisen quite early during evolution.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The tunicate produces asecondarymetabolitecalled trabectedin which has been shown to have anti-tumour properties.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Xylanase is asecondarymetabolitecontrolled through gene-specific induction and carbon catabolite repression.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Polyketide synthases use a similar mechanism and homologous domains to producesecondarymetabolitelipids.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In addition, a secondsecondarymetabolitecitrinin is produced as well.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Because chemotypes are defined only by the most abundantsecondarymetabolite, they may have little practical meaning as a group of organisms sharing the same trait.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.We studied bacterial secondary metabolites of marine and freshwater bacteria in the context of grazing protection.
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Evolutionists will find material to complement their own researches - mitochondrial variation, the chloroplast genome, secondary metabolites or cell wall chemistry for instance.
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G protein signaling regulatessecondarymetaboliteproduction.
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