《生命科学》 2016, 28(3): 384-390

植物天冬氨酸蛋白酶的功能研究进展

王亚锐，吴　燕*

(武汉大学生命科学学院，杂交水稻国家重点实验室，武汉 430072)

摘　要：摘　要：天冬氨酸蛋白酶(aspartic proteases， APs) 是一类重要的蛋白水解酶，广泛分布于哺乳动物、植物、细菌和病毒中。近年来，越来越多的植物天冬氨酸蛋白酶相继被发现，有关天冬氨酸蛋白酶在植物生长发育中的作用的研究获得了新进展。现就植物天冬氨酸蛋白酶的结构和功能的研究进行总结，并对相关领域今后的研究方向提出展望。

The research progress on the functions of plant aspartic proteases

WANG Ya-Rui， WU Yan*

(State Key Laboratory of Hybrid Rice， College of Life Sciences， Wuhan University， Wuhan 430072， China)

Abstract: Abstract: Aspartic proteases are important proteolytic enzymes which are widely distributed in mammals， plants，bacteria and viruses. Recently， more and more family members of aspartic proteases have been identified in plants. The roles of aspartic proteases in plant development have been reported in numerous studies. In this brief review， we highlight the structures and functions of plant aspartic proteases， and also discuss the prospect in underlying the molecular mechanisms involving in aspartic proteases of plants.