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Programmed Cell Death in Plants

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Throughout the life cycle of plants, programmed cell death (PCD) is involved in a wide range of deve­lopmental processes and responses against abiotic or biotic stresses. PCD is an active form of cellular suicide controlled by a network of genes. Such phenomenon is associated with recovery of cellular compounds and sustaining plant life. Basic morphological and biochemical features of PCD are believed to be conserved in both plants and animals. Nevertheless, recent studies demonstrate an involvement of organelles such as vacuole and chloroplast in plant cell death regulation, indicating that plants evolved own cell death machinery. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated by biotic and abiotic stresses act as a signal that induces plant PCD. This article describes some of the fundamental characteristics of plant PCD and raises points that may lead to a better understanding and novel strategies for plant molecular breeding.

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Abbreviations

CaM:

calmodulin

CERK:

ceramide kinase

ER:

endoplasmic reticulum

HR:

hypersensitive response

LRR:

leucine-rich repeat

MAPKs:

mitogen activated protein kinases

MTP:

mitochondrial-permeability transition pore

NBS:

nucleotide binding site

PCD:

programmed cell death

PK:

protein kinase

PS:

phosphatidyl serine

ROS:

reactive oxygen species

SERCA:

sarco endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase

TM:

transmembrane-domain

TMV:

tobacco mosaic virus

TNF:

tumour necrosis factor

VPE:

vacuolar processing enzyme

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  1. Division of Biochemistry, Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, 753 006, Orissa, India

    Avijit Das

  2. Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0032, Japan

    Maki Kawai-Yamada & Hirofumi Uchimiya

  3. Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) Project, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Office of Basic Research, 5, Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0075, Japan

    Maki Kawai-Yamada

  4. Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama, 338-8570, Japan

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  5. Iwate Biotechnology Center, Kitakami, Iwate, 024-0003, Japan

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Das, A., Kawai-Yamada, M., Uchimiya, H. (2009). Programmed Cell Death in Plants. In: Pareek, A., Sopory, S., Bohnert, H. (eds) Abiotic Stress Adaptation in Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3112-9_17

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