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Protein synthesis during ascospore germination of the heterothallicSaccharomyces cerevisiae strain AP-3 was investigated. Protein synthesis in the germinating ascospores appeared to begin approximately 20 min following glucose initiation. Since RNA synthesis did not start until approximately 70 min after the onset of germination, strain AP-3 ascospores must contain RNA which is ready for immediate translation. Both trehalase and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activities were found to be affected by the onset of germination. Trehalase activity was found to increase severalfold following 60 min of spore germination but remained relatively constant over the subsequent 120 min examined. Dehydrogenase activity was not detectable in AP-3 ascospores but was measurable in germinating ascospores.
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Xu, G., West, T.P. Protein synthesis during germination of heterothallic yeast ascospores. Experientia 48, 786–788 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02124304
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