Proteases and Protease Inhibitors in Plant Growth, Development, Stress Responses and Plant Biotechnological Applications
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Cell Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 4318
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Proteolysis is involved in various aspects of plant development, stress responses and overall physiology. These aspects include signal molecule generation via precursor protein processing, general protein turnover, senescence, defense against pathogens and pests, seed storage protein mobilization, and nutrient acquisition by carnivorous plants. The regulation of protease activity, whether at the level of the individual proteases themselves or the regulation of specific protease inhibitor classes, is of significance if we are to understand the overall importance of proteolytic activity in plant biology, as well as the potential biotechnological applications of regulated proteolytic activity.
In addition to intracellular localization, numerous proteomic studies have indicated that various proteases and protease inhibitors are secreted into the extracellular matrix environment. The regulation and role of protease activity require further characterization and key questions remain to be answered. How is overall proteolytic activity controlled in the plant extracellular matrix? What molecular mechanisms regulate these proteases and protease inhibitors? How are inactive precursors processed to generate active proteases? What are the extracellular substrates of these proteases? How do these proteases and their respective inhibitors impact plant growth, development and stress responses? How can proteases and protease inhibitors be used in biotechnological applications?
This Special Issue of Plants is aimed at addressing these questions. It focuses on secreted, proteases and protease inhibitors and seeks to compile novel results in this field of research as well as literature reviews of subjects related to this field.
Dr. Barry Flinn
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- protease
- protease inhibitor
- proteolysis
- extracellular matrix
- apoplast
