Regulation of Carboxypeptidase in Mucor racemosus

真菌总状毛霉（Mucorracemosus）既存在于酵母中，也存在于菌丝中 形式，这种二态性与它相关的几种蛋白酶 表现出形态特异性的活动。 其中一个丝氨酸 羧肽酶CP 3是本研究的重点。 的 该项目的目标包括克隆和描述 决定这种蛋白质的结构基因， 该基因在经历快速形态发生的细胞中的表达。 蛋白水解作为细胞内调节机制的作用 从这些研究中可以更好地理解代谢。

The fungus Mucor racemosus exists in both yeast-like and hyphal forms, and this dimorphism has associated with it several protease activities that appear morphology-specific. One of these, a serine carboxypeptidase termed CP3 is the focus of this research. The aims of the project include cloning and characterizing the structural gene that determines this protein, and to analyze the expression of that gene in cells undergoing rapid morphogenesis. The roles of proteolysis as regulatory mechanism(s) in cellular metabolism should be better understood from these studies.