Chinese Bulletin of Botany ›› 2008, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (05): 616-623.

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Key Caspase-like Enzymes in Programmed Cell Death in Plants

Yuliang Chen1, Feixiong Zhang1, Guiyou Zhang2*   

  1. 1College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, China; 2Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • Received:2008-01-31 Revised:2008-02-29 Online:2008-09-01 Published:2008-09-01
  • Contact: Guiyou Zhang

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Abstract: Caspases are essential to programmed cell death (PCD) in animals. Vacuolar processing enzymes (VPEs), metacaspases and saspases with caspase-like protease activity play an important role in plant PCD. This paper summarizes the differences in PCD between animals and plants and discusses the possible function of caspase-like enzymes in plants.

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