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Efficient Sporulation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in a 96 Multiwell Format
Published on: September 17, 2016
アルファファクターフェロモンによるG1逮捕からのS. cerevisiae a細胞の回復には,エンドペプチダースの作用が必要です
Cell
|November 1, 1979
まとめ
酵母アルファファクターフェロモンは,細胞内の特定のタンパク質によって分解され,成長停止効果を無効化する. トシル-L-アルギニル-メチルエステル (TAME) のようなこれらのタンパク質を阻害すると,停止が延長され,フェロモン不活性化のための重要なメカニズムが明らかになります.
科学分野:
- 分子および細胞生物学
- イースト遺伝学 イースト遺伝学
- 酵素学 酵素学とは
背景:
- アルファファクターは,Saccharomyces cerevisiaeの交尾フェロモンである.
- アルファファクターは"a"細胞のG1細胞サイクル停止を誘導する.
- アルファファクター不活性化のメカニズムは,以前は不明でした.
研究 の 目的:
- 酵母におけるアルファ因子の無活性化のメカニズムを調査する.
- アルファ因子分解に起因する酵素を特定する.
- 酵母細胞がフェロモン誘発の細胞サイクル停止を克服する方法を理解するために.
主な方法:
- radioactively labeled alpha factorを酵母細胞によって分解する.
- G1停止とフェロモンの分解に対するプロテアゼ阻害剤 (TAME,TLCK,ルペプチン) の作用.
- 酵母細胞と変異体におけるエストラーゼとアミダゼの活性度の測定.
- 酵素動力学と競争抑制の研究.
主要な成果:
- アルファファクターは"a"細胞によって不活性な断片に分解されるが",alpha"細胞では分解されない.
- プロテアゼ阻害剤TAME,TLCK,およびルペプチンはG1停止を延長し,アルファ因子分解を減少させた.
- 酵母細胞は,同じ化合物によって抑制されたエストラーゼとアミダゼの活性を持っています.
- 降解は,潜在的に表面に結合したエンドペプチダゼによって,エンドプロテオリティック分裂を伴う.
結論:
- アルファ因子不活性化は,エンドプロテオリート分裂によって媒介されます.
- フェロモンの分解は,成長停止を克服するために不可欠です.
- 表面関連プロテアゼは,アルファ因子処理に作用する可能性がある.
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