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Protease helps yeast find mating partners

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  • Naama Barkai

    (Princeton University)

  • Mark D. Rose

    (Princeton University)

  • Ned S. Wingreen

    (NEC Research Institute)

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The choice of mating partner by the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae involves the detection of mating pheromones produced by other yeast cells. A cell that is capable of mating deduces the position of its nearest mating partner from the spatial gradient of pheromone. While studying this process, we realized that, in the presence of many potential mating partners, the gradient might not point in the direction of the nearest partner. Here we show that degradation of some of the mating pheromone by protease enzymes helps to align the gradient in the direction of the nearest partner, which increases mating efficiency.

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  • Naama Barkai & Mark D. Rose & Ned S. Wingreen, 1998. "Protease helps yeast find mating partners," Nature, Nature, vol. 396(6710), pages 422-423, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:396:y:1998:i:6710:d:10.1038_24760
    DOI: 10.1038/24760
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    1. Steven S Andrews & Nathan J Addy & Roger Brent & Adam P Arkin, 2010. "Detailed Simulations of Cell Biology with Smoldyn 2.1," PLOS Computational Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 6(3), pages 1-10, March.

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