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. 1980 Aug;143(2):621–627. doi: 10.1128/jb.143.2.621-627.1980

Synthesis of beta-glucanases during sporulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: formation of a new, sporulation-specific 1,3-beta-glucanase.

F del Rey, T Santos, I García-Acha, C Nombela
PMCID: PMC294328  PMID: 7009555

Abstract

A biphasic synthesis of 1,3-beta-glucanase occurred when cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae AP-1 (a/alpha) were incubated in sporulation medium. The capacity to degrade laminarin increased very slowly during the first 7 h but at a much faster rate thereafter. Changes occurring during the first period were not sporulation specific since the moderate increase in activity against laminarin was insensitive to glutamine and hydroxyurea and also took place in the nonsporulating strain S. cerevisiae AP-1 (alpha/alpha). However, the changes taking place after 7 h must be included in the group of sporulation-specific events since they were inhibited by glucose, glutamine, and hydroxyurea and did not occur in the nonsporulating diploid. Consequently, only when the cells had been incubated for at least 7 h in sporulation medium did full induction of activity against laminarin take place upon shift to a medium which favored vegetative growth. Changes in the relative proportions of the vegetative glucanases, namely, endo- and exo-1,3-beta-glucanase, and the formation of a new sporulation-specific 1,3-beta-glucanase account for the observed events and are the consequence of the expression of the sporulation program.

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