title: Properties of Barrier, a novel Saccharomyces cerevisiae acid protease.
abstract: We have studied the specificity of Barrier, a protease secreted by Saccharomyces cerevisiae, towards its natural substrate alpha-factor, a tridecapeptide mating pheromone. Sub-fragments of alpha-factor synthesized or prepared by cyanogen bromide cleavage and a related pheromone from Saccharomyces kluveri were studied as potential substrates or competitive inhibitors. None of the tested peptides was a potent inhibitor or substrate for Barrier. Barrier shares extensive sequence similarity to the active site residues of aspartyl proteases but universal irreversible inhibitors of this class of enzymes failed to inactivate Barrier, suggesting that it is a novel fungal aspartyl protease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nath
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D001665:Binding Sites; D002021:Buffers; D003488:Cyanogen Bromide; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D000072235:Mating Factor; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011480:Protease Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D012440:Saccharomyces / Q000201:enzymology; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D002021:Buffers; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010455:Peptides; D011480:Protease Inhibitors; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D000072235:Mating Factor; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; C491999:BAR1 protein, S cerevisiae; D003488:Cyanogen Bromide