UNSPECIFIED (2000) Identification of proteases with shared functions to the proprotein processing protease Krp1 in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY, 38 (4). pp. 839-853. ISSN 0950-382X

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Abstract

Many secretory proteins are synthesized as inactive proproteins that undergo proteolytic activation as they travel through the eukaryotic secretory pathway. The best characterized family of processing enzymes are the prohormone convertases or kexins, and these are responsible for the processing of a wide variety of prohormones and other precursors. Recent work has identified other proteases that appear to be involved in proprotein processing, but characterization of these enzymes is at an early stage. Krp1 is the only kexin identified in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, in which it is essential for cell viability. We have used a genetic screen to identify four proteases with specificities that overlap Krp1, Two are serine proteases, one is a zinc metalloprotease (glycoproteaae) and one is an aspartyl protease that belongs to the recently described yapsin family of processing enzymes. All four proteases support the growth of a yeast strain lacking Krp1, and each is able to process the P-factor precursor, the only substrate currently known to be processed by Krp1.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry Q Science > QR Microbiology
Journal or Publication Title:	MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY
Publisher:	BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD
ISSN:	0950-382X
Date:	November 2000
Volume:	38
Number:	4
Number of Pages:	15
Page Range:	pp. 839-853
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/12630

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