半胱氨酸蛋白酶是富含半胱氨酸的一类蛋白酶家族,不仅广泛参与植物的各种生理过程,而且最新研究表明,半胱氨酸蛋白酶与植物发生PCD有关。本文从Caspase的基本结构、分类及Caspase参与植物PCD的过程等方面进行了综述,以期为半胱氨酸蛋白酶在植物细胞程序性死亡中的作用研究提供理论参考。
Caspase is a cysteine-rich class of protease family,which not only widely participates in variety physiological processes of plants,but the latest research shows that the occurrence of plant PCD is related with caspase.From the aspect of caspase basic structure and classification and caspase involved in plant PCD processes were reviewed,in order to study the role of caspases in programmed cell death in plants provide a theoretical reference.