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Plant metacaspases: Decoding their dynamics in development and disease

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Plant metacaspases were evolved in parallel to well-characterized animal counterpart caspases and retained the similar histidine-cysteine catalytic dyad， leading to functional congruity between these endopeptidases。 Although phylogenetic relatedness of the catalytic domain and functional commonality placed these proteases in the caspase family， credible counterarguments predominantly about their distinct substrate specificity raised doubts about the classification。 Metacaspases are involved in regulating the PCD during development as well as in senescence。 Balancing acts of metacaspase activity also dictate cell fate during defense upon the perception of adverse environmental cues。 Accordingly， their activity is tightly regulated， while suppressing spurious activation， by a combination of genetic and post-translational modifications。 Structural insights from recent studies provided vital clues on the functionality。 This comprehensive review aims to explore the origin of plant metacaspases， and their regulatory and functional diversity in different plants while discussing their analogy to mammalian caspases。 Besides， we have presented various modern methodologies for analyzing the proteolytic activity of these indispensable molecules in the healthy or stressed life of a plant。 The review would serve as a repository of all the available pieces of evidence indicating metacaspases as the key regulator of PCD across the plant kingdom and highlight the prospect of studying metacaspases for their inclusion in a crop improvement program。

MetacaspaseProteaseProgrammed cell deathPost-translational modificationDevelopmentBiotic stressAbiotic stressPROGRAMMED CELL-DEATHTUDOR STAPHYLOCOCCAL NUCLEASEGENOME-WIDE IDENTIFICATIONGENE FAMILYARABIDOPSIS-THALIANACRYSTAL-STRUCTUREEXPRESSION ANALYSISS-NITROSYLATIONII METACASPASESPROTEIN

Basak, Shrabani、Kundu, Pallob

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Bose Inst

2022

10.1016/j.plaphy.2022.03.024

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

SCI
ISSN：0981-9428
年,卷(期)：2022.180
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