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In Podospora anserina five proteolytic enzymes were characterized by chromatographic procedures. Three of these (proteases A, B and C) were found in the cell extracts of growing cultures and the other two (proteases III and IV) were revealed by studies on protoplasmic incompatibility. During growth, only protease C, an acidic enzyme, was active in crude extracts. From the stationary and the poststationary stages this activity decreased and finally disappeared, whereas a neutral serine protease (activity B) became active in crude extracts. A close relationship was observed between the proteolytic activity of the culture filtrates and the intracellular protease(s) concomitantly active in the crude extracts. None of the proteases associated with protoplasmic incompatibility was detected, both in the extra- and intracellular spaces. Qualitative variations in the proteolytic activities during stationary and post-stationary stages depended on the presence of specific genes and mutations: the mod C mutation suppressing protoplasmic incompatibility, inhibits the progressive decrease of protease C and, furthermore, the presence of non allelic incompatibility genes have for consequence the substitution of serine protease B by serine protease A during the poststationary stage.
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Labarère, J. Proteolytic activities during growth and aging in the fungus Podospora anserina: Effect of specific mutations. Arch. Microbiol. 124, 269–274 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00427737
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