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Information on EC 3.4.22.49 - separase and Organism(s) Saccharomyces cerevisiae and UniProt Accession Q03018

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     3 Hydrolases
         3.4 Acting on peptide bonds (peptidases)
             3.4.22 Cysteine endopeptidases
                3.4.22.49 separase
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The taxonomic range for the selected organisms is: Saccharomyces cerevisiae
The expected taxonomic range for this enzyme is: Eukaryota, Bacteria
Reaction Schemes
all bonds known to be hydrolysed by this endopeptidase have arginine in P1 and an acidic residue in P4. P6 is often occupied by an acidic residue or by an hydroxy-amino-acid residue, the phosphorylation of which enhances cleavage
Synonyms
separase, sep-1, espl1, separin, atesp, cut1/separase, more
SYNONYM
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
separin
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REACTION TYPE
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
hydrolysis of peptide bond
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hydrolysis of peptide bond
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER
COMMENTARY hide
351527-77-0
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SUBSTRATE
PRODUCT                       
REACTION DIAGRAM
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY
(Substrate) hide
LITERATURE
(Substrate)
COMMENTARY
(Product) hide
LITERATURE
(Product)
Reversibility
r=reversible
ir=irreversible
?=not specified
cohesin + H2O
?
show the reaction diagram
Rec8 + H2O
?
show the reaction diagram
-
-
-
?
Cdc14 + H2O
?
show the reaction diagram
-
separase regulates INCENP-Aurora B anaphase spindle function through activation of Cdc14
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-
?
cohesin + H2O
?
show the reaction diagram
cohesin + H2O
cleaved cohesin
show the reaction diagram
cohesin + H2O
fragments of cohesin
show the reaction diagram
Rec8 + H2O
cleaved Rac8
show the reaction diagram
Rec8 + H2O
fragments of Rac8
show the reaction diagram
Rec8 + H2O
fragments of Rec8
show the reaction diagram
-
phosphorylation either of separase or cohesin is necessary for Rec8 cleavage
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-
?
Scc1 + H2O
cleaved Scc1
show the reaction diagram
Scc1 + H2O
fragments of Scc1
show the reaction diagram
Slk19 + H2O
?
show the reaction diagram
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a protein implicated in the mitotic exit via its role in the stabilization of spindle in budding yeast
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-
?
Slk19 + H2O
cleaved Slk19
show the reaction diagram
Slk19 + H2O
fragments of Slk19
show the reaction diagram
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separase cleaves the kinetochore-associated protein Slk19 in anaphase
-
?
additional information
?
-
NATURAL SUBSTRATE
NATURAL PRODUCT
REACTION DIAGRAM
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY
(Substrate) hide
LITERATURE
(Substrate)
COMMENTARY
(Product) hide
LITERATURE
(Product)
REVERSIBILITY
r=reversible
ir=irreversible
?=not specified
cohesin + H2O
?
show the reaction diagram
Rec8 + H2O
?
show the reaction diagram
-
-
-
?
Cdc14 + H2O
?
show the reaction diagram
-
separase regulates INCENP-Aurora B anaphase spindle function through activation of Cdc14
-
-
?
cohesin + H2O
?
show the reaction diagram
cohesin + H2O
cleaved cohesin
show the reaction diagram
cohesin + H2O
fragments of cohesin
show the reaction diagram
-
-
-
-
?
Rec8 + H2O
cleaved Rac8
show the reaction diagram
Rec8 + H2O
fragments of Rec8
show the reaction diagram
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phosphorylation either of separase or cohesin is necessary for Rec8 cleavage
-
-
?
Scc1 + H2O
cleaved Scc1
show the reaction diagram
Slk19 + H2O
?
show the reaction diagram
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a protein implicated in the mitotic exit via its role in the stabilization of spindle in budding yeast
-
-
?
Slk19 + H2O
cleaved Slk19
show the reaction diagram
additional information
?
-
METALS and IONS
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
Ca2+
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Ca2+-levels affect separase function, C-terminal region contains a Ca2+-binding motif
INHIBITOR
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
IMAGE
Pds1
Pds1 is a chaperone, inhibition of Esp1 by overexpression of undegradable Pds1 blocks mitotic exit via blockage of cohesin cleavage
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securing
the motif containing H134 in securing isoform PTTG1 has a strong affinity for separase and is involved in inhibiting it, while another domain(s) in isoform is involved in activating separase and has a weaker affinity for it. Isoform PTTG2 does not interact with separase
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securin
securin Pds1
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an inhibitor of separase Esp1 in budding yeast. As Pds1 is degraded, Esp1 is activated, and cells transit into anaphase
additional information
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cohesin cleavage is inhibited by a PP2ACdc55-dependent mechanism
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ACTIVATING COMPOUND
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
IMAGE
securing
the motif containing H134 in securing isoform PTTG1 has a strong affinity for separase and is involved in inhibiting it, while another domain(s) in isoform PTTG2 is involved in activating separase and has a weaker affinity for it. Isoform PTTG2 does not interact with separase
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DNA
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chromosomal DNA is required as a cofactor for the cleavage of cohesin to occur, and allows separase to selectively cleave only the chromosome-associated cohesin
securin
additional information
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SPECIFIC ACTIVITY [µmol/min/mg]
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
additional information
ORGANISM
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
UNIPROT
SEQUENCE DB
SOURCE
LOCALIZATION
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
GeneOntology No.
LITERATURE
SOURCE
additional information
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budding yeast Esp1 is localized to the centrosomes and spindle before anaphase
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Manually annotated by BRENDA team
GENERAL INFORMATION
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
evolution
in-depth bioinformatical analysis of separase and generation of structural models of the two conserved domains that comprise the C-terminal region: a caspase-like domain and a putative death domain. This analysis provides insights into substrate recognition and identifies potential sites of protein-protein interactions. Both the death domain and caspase-like domain are well-conserved in separases, which suggests an evolutionary pressure to keep these two domains together, perhaps to enable separase activity and/or provide stability
physiological function
evolution
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separases belong to CD clan of cysteine proteases. Unlike other members of this clan, separases are large multidomain proteins with more than 1000 amino acid residues. The catalytic domain of Arabidopsis thaliana separase exhibits 31 and 32% identity to the corresponding domains of human and budding yeast homologues, respectively. The sequence identity drops dramatically for the N-termini of separases. Mode of action in vivo and mechanistic differences in mitosis between organisms, overview
malfunction
physiological function
additional information
MOLECULAR WEIGHT
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
200000
x * 200000, GFP-tagged enzyme, SDS-PAGE
SUBUNIT
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
?
x * 200000, GFP-tagged enzyme, SDS-PAGE
POSTTRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATION
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
phosphoprotein
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most of the budding yeast cohesin is cleaved in anaphase, and this cleavage is stimulated by phosphorylation of the Scc1 subunit by the Plk1 kinase
proteolytic modification
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during metaphase, separase is kept inactive through its binding to the chaperone securin. During anaphase, APCcdc20 cleaves securin releasing separase. Active separase cleaves itself, and the resulting N- and C-terminal fragments associate, mechanism of separase maturation during metaphase to anaphase transition
CRYSTALLIZATION (Commentary)
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
LITERATURE
crystal structure of full-length separase in complex with securin
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PROTEIN VARIANTS
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
H1531A
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active site point mutation prevents Scc1 from being cleaved after binding
additional information
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the loss-of-function of Esp1 activity in yeast cells could be complemented by the tobacco etch virus, TEV, protease, which is also able to cleave Scc1 thus promoting segregation of sister chromatids
CLONED (Commentary)
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
LITERATURE
expressed in HeLa cells
mutations introducing substitutions throughout the Esp1 polypeptide prevent loss of sister chromatid cohesion and cause mitotic failure. Generation of esp1-temperature sensitive mutant for functional analysis of further enzymes
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Zds1 is required for Separase-induced Cdc14 activation. Analysing the role of proteins Zds1 and Zds2 in mitotic exit machinery
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APPLICATION
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY hide
LITERATURE
molecular biology
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in Saccharomyces cerevisiae separase it is shown that separase is implicated in a second non-proteolytic pathway: separsae is essential for the activation of Cdc14 phosphatase and thus a broad programme of late mitotic events culminating in mitotic exit and cell division
REF.
AUTHORS
TITLE
JOURNAL
VOL.
PAGES
YEAR
ORGANISM (UNIPROT)
PUBMED ID
SOURCE
Yanagida, M.
Cell cycle mechanisms of sister chromatid separation; roles of Cut1/separin and Cut2/securin
Genes Cells
5
1-8
2000
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Homo sapiens, Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Sullivan, M.; Lehane, C.; Uhlmann, F.
Orchestrating anaphase and mitotic exit: separase cleavage and localization of Slk19
Nat. Cell Biol.
3
771-777
2001
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Amon, A.
Together until separin do us part
Nat. Cell Biol.
3
E12-14
2001
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Homo sapiens, Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Siomos, M.F.; Badrinath, A.; Pasierbek, P.; Livingstone, D.; White, J.; Glotzer, M.; Nasmyth, K.
Separase is required for chromosome segregation during meiosis I in Caenorhabditis elegans
Curr. Biol.
11
1825-1835
2001
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Caenorhabditis elegans
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Ross, K.E.; Cohen-Fix, O.
Separase: a conserved protease separating more than just sisters
Trends Cell Biol.
12
1-3
2002
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Drosophila melanogaster, Homo sapiens, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Xenopus laevis
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Hornig, N.C.; Knowles, P.P.; McDonald, N.Q.; Uhlmann, F.
The dual mechanism of separase regulation by securin
Curr. Biol.
12
973-982
2002
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Stegmeier, F.; Visintin, R.; Amon, A.
Separase, polo kinase, the kinetochore protein Slk19, and Spo12 function in a network that controls Cdc14 localization during early anaphase
Cell
108
207-220
2002
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Buonomo, S.B.C.; Rabitsch, K.P.; Fuchs, J.; Gruber, S.; Sullivan, M.; Uhlmann, F.; Petronczki, M.; Toth, A.; Nasmyth, K.
Division of the nucleolus and its release of CDC14 during anaphase of meiosis I depends on separase, SPO12, and SLK19
Dev. Cell
4
727-739
2003
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Sullivan, M.; Uhlmann, F.
A non-proteolytic function of separase links the onset of anaphase to mitotic exit
Nat. Cell Biol.
5
249-254
2003
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Queralt, E.; Lehane, C.; Novak, B.; Uhlmann, F.
Downregulation of PP2A(Cdc55) phosphatase by separase initiates mitotic exit in budding yeast
Cell
125
719-732
2006
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Sullivan, M.; Hornig, N.C.; Porstmann, T.; Uhlmann, F.
Studies on substrate recognition by the budding yeast separase
J. Biol. Chem.
279
1191-1196
2004
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Pereira, G.; Schiebel, E.
Separase regulates INCENP-Aurora B anaphase spindle function through Cdc14
Science
302
2120-2124
2003
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Terret, M.; Jallepalli, P.V.
Meiosis: separase strikes twice
Nat. Cell Biol.
8
910-911
2006
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Mus musculus
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Baskerville, C.; Segal, M.; Reed, S.I.
The protease activity of yeast separase (esp1) is required for anaphase spindle elongation independently of its role in cleavage of cohesin
Genetics
178
2361-2372
2008
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Queralt, E.; Uhlmann, F.
Separase cooperates with Zds1 and Zds2 to activate Cdc14 phosphatase in early anaphase
J. Cell Biol.
182
873-883
2008
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Lu, Y.; Cross, F.
Mitotic exit in the absence of separase activity
Mol. Biol. Cell
20
1576-1591
2009
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Q03018), Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Katis, V.L.; Lipp, J.J.; Imre, R.; Bogdanova, A.; Okaz, E.; Habermann, B.; Mechtler, K.; Nasmyth, K.; Zachariae, W.
Rec8 phosphorylation by casein kinase 1 and Cdc7-Dbf4 kinase regulates cohesin cleavage by separase during meiosis
Dev. Cell
18
397-409
2010
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae SK1
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Vinod, P.K.; Freire, P.; Rattani, A.; Ciliberto, A.; Uhlmann, F.; Novak, B.
Computational modelling of mitotic exit in budding yeast: the role of separase and Cdc14 endocycles
J. R. Soc. Interface
8
1128-1141
2011
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Kucej, M.; Zou, H.
DNA-dependent cohesin cleavage by separase
Nucleus
1
4-7
2011
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Homo sapiens, Mus musculus
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Moschou, P.N.; Bozhkov, P.V.
Separases: biochemistry and function
Physiol. Plant.
145
67-76
2012
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Caenorhabditis elegans, Ricinus communis, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Drosophila melanogaster, Homo sapiens, Oryza sativa, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Sorghum bicolor, Vitis vinifera, Cryptosporidium muris, Arabidopsis thaliana (Q5IBC5)
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Yaakov, G.; Thorn, K.; Morgan, D.O.
Separase biosensor reveals that cohesin cleavage timing depends on phosphatase PP2A(Cdc55) regulation
Dev. Cell
23
124-136
2012
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Q03018), Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Han, X.; Poon, R.Y.
Critical differences between isoforms of securin reveal mechanisms of separase regulation
Mol. Cell. Biol.
33
3400-3415
2013
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Q03018)
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Ho, K.L.; Ma, L.; Cheung, S.; Manhas, S.; Fang, N.; Wang, K.; Young, B.; Loewen, C.; Mayor, T.; Measday, V.
A role for the budding yeast separase, Esp1, in Ty1 element retrotransposition
PLoS Genet.
11
e1005109
2015
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Q03018), Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Luo, S.; Tong, L.
Structural biology of the separase-securin complex with crucial roles in chromosome segregation
Curr. Opin. Struct. Biol.
49
114-122
2018
Caenorhabditis elegans (G5ED39), Caenorhabditis elegans, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Thermochaetoides thermophila (G0SHM3), Thermochaetoides thermophila DSM 1495 (G0SHM3)
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Kumar, R.
Separase Function beyond cohesion cleavage and an emerging oncogene
J. Cell. Biochem.
118
1283-1299
2017
Caenorhabditis elegans, Arabidopsis thaliana (A0A1P8B3N4), Schizosaccharomyces pombe (P18296), Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Q03018), Drosophila melanogaster (Q9VRN6), Picea abies (R4XPW1), Schizosaccharomyces pombe ATCC 24843 (P18296)
Manually annotated by BRENDA team
Winter, A.; Schmid, R.; Bayliss, R.
Structural insights into separase architecture and substrate recognition through computational modelling of caspase-like and death domains
PLoS Comput. Biol.
11
e1004548
2015
Arabidopsis thaliana (Q5IBC5), Caenorhabditis elegans (G5ED39), Caenorhabditis elegans, Homo sapiens (Q14674), Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Q03018), Saccharomyces cerevisiae ATCC 204508 (Q03018)
Manually annotated by BRENDA team