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Query: EC:3.2.1.17 (lysozyme)
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Genes encoding pre-protein and prepro-protein of wheat germ agglutinin isolectin 2 (WGA2) were chemically synthesized and expressed in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae under the control of the ENO1 promoter. Yeast harboring either a pre-WGA2 or a prepro-WGA2 gene expression plasmid secreted a mature form of WGA2 into the culture medium. The amount of WGA2 secreted by the strain KS58-2Ddel, which has a ssl1 mutation causing a supersecretion of human lysozyme [Suzuki, K., Ichikawa, K. & Jigami, Y. (1989) Mol. Gen. Genet. 219, 58-64], was 20-fold greater than that secreted by the wild-type strain KK4. The recombinant WGA2 from the cells containing the prepro-WGA2 gene expression plasmid was purified to homogeneity by a three-step ion-exchange chromatography scheme. As in wheat, the N-terminal signal peptide of recombinant WGA2 purified from yeast culture was processed to form an N-terminal 5-oxoprolyl (pyroglutamyl) residue. Likewise, we found that the C-terminal pro-region of recombinant WGA2 had also been processed in yeast. Using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, we found the processed C-terminus to be heterogeneous in both recombinant WGA2 purified from yeast and in authentic WGA2. The major component of the recombinant WGA2 contained two additional amino acids at its C-terminus compared to that of authentic WGA2. In spite of this difference in the C-terminus, the recombinant WGA2 exhibited a sugar binding activity that was indistinguishable from that of authentic WGA2.
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PMID:Expression and secretion of wheat germ agglutinin by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 148 81

Carboxypeptidase Y (CPY; EC 3.4.16.1) is the yeast vacuolar protease. To have CPY secreted and to increase its secretion level, we tried to express the prepro-CPY gene under the control of the inducible GAL10 promoter or constitutive ENO1 promoter on a multicopy plasmid. In the strains KK4, PEP4, and A2-1-1A, carrying the CPY expression plasmid, active CPY was not detected in the culture broth although the CPY activity was greatly increased inside the cells. In contrast, when we used a strain that contained the ssl1 (super-secretion of lysozyme) mutation, a large amount of active CPY (about 10-50 mg/liter) was detected in the culture broth. The ssl1 mutants secreted active CPY when the CPY level was increased by expressing it under the control of a strong promoter on a multicopy plasmid, while the endogenous expression of chromosomal CPY gene in the same ssl1 mutant caused a deficiency in the processing of pro-CPY to mature CPY.
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PMID:Secretion and overproduction of carboxypeptidase Y by a Saccharomyces cerevisiae ssl1 mutant strain. 776 64