title: Evidence of a yeast proteinase specific for elongation factor 2.
abstract: Two proteinases active on elongation factor 2 have been found in yeast. The former hydrolyzes the factor producing a single ADP-ribosylatable fragment, whereas it does not produce any fragment when incubated with different proteins. The latter, less specific, is active in cleaving both EF-2 and other proteins giving rise to a noticeable number of fragments. Moreover, when native EF-2 is incubated with the most specific of the two proteinases, the amount of the ADP-ribosylatable fragment increases with time, while no fragments are evident when ADP-ribosylation of EF-2 comes before its incubation with the proteolytic enzyme. A possible regulatory role of this proteinase on EF-2 turnover is hypothesized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Servillo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Quagliuolo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Balestrieri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giovane
mesh_terms: D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose / Q000378:metabolism; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism; D020652:Peptide Elongation Factor 2; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D012440:Saccharomyces / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D020652:Peptide Elongation Factor 2; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors; D009243:NAD; D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases