A variety of proteases have been implicated in yeast PCD (programmed cell death) including the metacaspase Mca1 and the separase Esp1, the HtrA-like serine protease Nma111, the cathepsin-like serine carboxypeptideases and a range of vacuolar proteases. Proteasomal activity is also shown to have an important role in determining cell fate, with both pro- and anti-apoptotic roles. Caspase 3-, 6- and 8-like activities are detected upon stimulation of yeast PCD, but not all of this activity is associated with Mca1, implicating other proteases with caspase-like activity in the yeast cell death response. Global proteolytic events that accompany PCD are discussed alongside a consideration of the conservation of the death-related degradome (both at the level of substrate choice and cleavage site). The importance of both gain-of-function changes in the degradome as well as loss-of-function changes are highlighted. Better understanding of both death-related proteases and their substrates may facilitate the design of future antifungal drugs or the manipulation of industrial yeasts for commercial exploitation.
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September 21 2011
Proteases and caspase-like activity in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Derek Wilkinson;
Derek Wilkinson
1Biosciences, University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope Building, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, U.K.
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Mark Ramsdale
Mark Ramsdale
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1Biosciences, University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope Building, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QD, U.K.
1To whom correspondence should be addressed (email M.Ramsdale@exeter.ac.uk).
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
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June 17 2011
Online ISSN: 1470-8752
Print ISSN: 0300-5127
© The Authors Journal compilation © 2011 Biochemical Society
2011
Biochem Soc Trans (2011) 39 (5): 1502–1508.
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Derek Wilkinson, Mark Ramsdale; Proteases and caspase-like activity in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochem Soc Trans 1 October 2011; 39 (5): 1502–1508. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/BST0391502
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