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When the levels of three common yeast proteinases in exponentially growing cells of mutants blocked in different repair pathways are compared to that of isogenic wild-type cells, it can be seen that the level of proteinase B is enhanced in the mutants whereas the levels of leucin aminopeptidase (Leu.AP) and lysine aminopeptidase (Lys.AP) are similar in all strains.
As in its corresponding wild type, the level of proteinase B activity is further enhanced after UV-irradiation in a mutant blocked in excision-repair (rad1-3). In contrast, following the same treatment the level of proteinase B remains almost constant in a mutant blocked in a general error-prone repair system (rad6-1) and in a mutant defective in a more specific mutagenic repair pathway (pso2-1). Cycloheximide, an inhibitor of protein synthesis, blocks the post-UV enhancement in proteinase B activity observed in rad1-3 indicating that, as in the wild-type cells, an inducible process is involved.
The levels of Lys.AP and Leu.AP are, respectively, either unaffected or only moderately increased following UV-treatment of the repair defective mutants, as in wild-type strains.
It is obvious that the induction of protease B activity following UV-treatment in Saccharomyces cannot be equated to the induction of the recA protein in Escherichia coli. However the correlation found between the block in mutagenic repair and the lack of UV-induction of protease B activity leads to questions on the possible role of certain protease activities in mutagenic repair in eucaryotic cells.
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Schwencke, J., Moustacchi, E. Proteolytic activities in yeast after UV irradiation. Molec. Gen. Genet. 185, 296–301 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00330801
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