Identification of new signalling peptides through a genome-wide survey of 250 fungal secretomes

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BACKGROUND: Many small peptides regulate eukaryotic cell biology. In fungi, some of these peptides are produced after KEX2 protease activity on proteins displaying repetitions of identical or nearly identical motifs. Following this endoprotease activity, peptides are released in the extracellular space. This type of protein maturation is involved in the production of the α-type sexual pheromone in Ascomycota. In...

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