In vivo proteolytic profiling of the type I and type II metacaspases in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii exposed to salt stress

GA Vergou, AK Bajhaiya, L Corredor… - Physiologia …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Metacaspases are cysteine proteases present in plants, fungi and protists. While the
association of metacaspases with cell death is studied in a range of organisms, their native …

Effects of sulfamonomethoxine and trimethoprim co-exposures at different environmentally relevant concentrations on microalgal growth and nutrient assimilation

D Li, P Wang, M Sun, J Yin, D Li, J Ma, S Yang - Aquatic Toxicology, 2024 - Elsevier
In aquaculture around the world, sulfamonomethoxine (SMM), a long-acting antibiotic that
harms microalgae, is widely employed in combination with trimethoprim (TMP), a synergist …

The metacaspase TaMCA1-mediated crosstalk between autophagy and PCD contributes to the defense response of wheat seedlings against powdery mildew

J Yue, W Wang, X Jie, Z Gao, H Wang - International Journal of Biological …, 2025 - Elsevier
Powdery mildew (PM), is a significant fungal disease that poses a considerable threat to
global agricultural productivity. Autophagy and programmed cell death (PCD) are crucial …

A recipe for death: Singlet oxygen and type II metacaspase mediate programmed cell death in Chlamydomonas

M Rahikainen - 2024 - academic.oup.com
Programmed cell death (PCD) is a developmental or defensive process that is well
characterized in plants and animals. During PCD, a single cell or group of cells undergoes …

Cathepsin X is a conserved cell death protein involved in algal response to environmental stress

A Mizrachi, M Sadeh, S Ben-Dor, O Dym, C Ku… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Phytoplankton play a crucial role in global primary production and can form vast blooms in
aquatic ecosystems. Bloom demise and the rapid turnover of phytoplankton are suggested …

Detection and Quantification of Programmed Cell Death in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: The Example of S-Nitrosoglutathione

L Lambert, A Danon - Bio-protocol, 2024 - bio-protocol.org
Background Programmed cell death (PCD) is a crucial process identified in animals in 1972
[1], which plays a role in a wide range of biological processes. Understanding targeted …