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Secretion of a protoxin post-translationally controlled by NaCl in a halotolerant yeast,pichia farinosa

✍ Scribed by Suzuki, Chise

Book ID: 101226528
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1999
Tongue: English
Weight: 207 KB
Volume: 15
Category: Article
ISSN: 0749-503X
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0061(19990130)15:2<123::aid-yea352>3.0.co;2-1

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✦ Synopsis

The halotolerant yeast, Pichia farinosa KK1 secretes a killer toxin consisting of (6•3 kDa) and (7•8 kDa) subunits, produced from a chromosomally encoded preprotoxin. In the presence of a high concentration of NaCl, a 26-kDa glycoprotein (gp26) that reacted with anti--subunit antiserum was found to be secreted into the medium. Amino acid sequence analysis confirmed that gp26 is a protoxin generated by removal of the signal peptide from the preprotoxin. The purified gp26 did not have killer activity, suggesting that further processing is necessary for acquisition of this activity. Secretion of gp26 increased with increasing concentrations of NaCl in the medium and maximum secretion was observed at 2  NaCl. Western blot analysis and RT-PCR showed that the secretion of gp26 is post-translationally controlled by NaCl.