Protein Name aspartyl protease BAR1
Organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C
Gene ID 854797
Gene Symbol

BAR1

UniProt P12630 (BAR1_YEAST)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 16
Total Number of Articles : 8
Description

aspartyl protease BAR1

Gene Summary

Enables aspartic-type endopeptidase activity. Involved in cellular response to pheromone; conjugation with cellular fusion; and peptide catabolic process. Located in extracellular region and fungal-type cell wall. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Alzheimer's disease. Orthologous to human BACE2 (beta-secretase 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jun 2025]

synonyms
  • aspartyl protease BAR1
  • YIL015W
  • SST1
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Properties