Regulation of Exocellular Proteases in Neurospora crassa: Induction and Repression of Enzyme Synthesis
AUTOR(ES)
Drucker, H.
RESUMO
Neurospora crassa strain 74A grown on Vogel's medium containing bovine serum albumin (BSA) as principal carbon source secretes proteolytic enzymes which appear in the culture filtrate. Low concentrations of sucrose (0.1%) are necessary for growth from conidia, as conidia will not germinate on BSA alone. Once growth is initiated, however, protease production begins and at 5 to 6 hr growth and enzyme production are parallel. Higher concentrations of sucrose (0.5-2%) repress protease synthesis. Other metabolizable materials (sugars, amino acids, peptide mixtures) also repress protease synthesis. Some sugars will not sustain growth but allow germination and full induction of protease in the presence of protein. A material found in culture fluids of cells during induction of protease synthesis when added to repressed cultures causes a five-fold increase in the amount of protease production, although this is still approximately half that of normally induced cells. This material appears to be produced by induced cells in as little as 2 hr of culture, which is before detectable levels of protease can be found. It is heat-stable, of low molecular weight, and is not a simple product of protein digestion by the N. crassa proteases.
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