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• AtSERPIN1 is an inhibitor of the metacaspase AtMC1-mediated cell death and autocatalytic processing in planta.

  Lema Asqui S, Vercammen D, Serrano I, Valls M, Rivas S, Van Breusegem F, Conlon FL, Dangl JL, Coll NS. Lema Asqui S, et al. New Phytol. 2018 May;218(3):1156-1166. doi: 10.1111/nph.14446. Epub 2017 Feb 3. New Phytol. 2018. PMID: 28157265
• Cutting in the middleman: hidden substrates at the interface between proteases and plant development.

  Liu C, Moschou PN. Liu C, et al. New Phytol. 2018 May;218(3):916-922. doi: 10.1111/nph.14501. Epub 2017 Mar 6. New Phytol. 2018. PMID: 28262953 Review.
• Macrocyclization by asparaginyl endopeptidases.

  James AM, Haywood J, Mylne JS. James AM, et al. New Phytol. 2018 May;218(3):923-928. doi: 10.1111/nph.14511. Epub 2017 Mar 21. New Phytol. 2018. PMID: 28322452 Review.
• Phytaspase-mediated precursor processing and maturation of the wound hormone systemin.

  Beloshistov RE, Dreizler K, Galiullina RA, Tuzhikov AI, Serebryakova MV, Reichardt S, Shaw J, Taliansky ME, Pfannstiel J, Chichkova NV, Stintzi A, Schaller A, Vartapetian AB. Beloshistov RE, et al. New Phytol. 2018 May;218(3):1167-1178. doi: 10.1111/nph.14568. Epub 2017 Apr 13. New Phytol. 2018. PMID: 28407256
• From structure to function - a family portrait of plant subtilases.

  Schaller A, Stintzi A, Rivas S, Serrano I, Chichkova NV, Vartapetian AB, Martínez D, Guiamét JJ, Sueldo DJ, van der Hoorn RAL, Ramírez V, Vera P. Schaller A, et al. New Phytol. 2018 May;218(3):901-915. doi: 10.1111/nph.14582. Epub 2017 May 3. New Phytol. 2018. PMID: 28467631 Review.
• Quantitative proteomics in plant protease substrate identification.

  Demir F, Niedermaier S, Villamor JG, Huesgen PF. Demir F, et al. New Phytol. 2018 May;218(3):936-943. doi: 10.1111/nph.14587. Epub 2017 May 11. New Phytol. 2018. PMID: 28493421 Review.
• Life and death of proteins after protease cleavage: protein degradation by the N-end rule pathway.

  Dissmeyer N, Rivas S, Graciet E. Dissmeyer N, et al. New Phytol. 2018 May;218(3):929-935. doi: 10.1111/nph.14619. Epub 2017 Jun 5. New Phytol. 2018. PMID: 28581033 Review.
• Type III metacaspases: calcium-dependent activity proposes new function for the p10 domain.

  Klemenčič M, Funk C. Klemenčič M, et al. New Phytol. 2018 May;218(3):1179-1191. doi: 10.1111/nph.14660. Epub 2017 Jun 23. New Phytol. 2018. PMID: 28643870
• Two proteases with caspase-3-like activity, cathepsin B and proteasome, antagonistically control ER-stress-induced programmed cell death in Arabidopsis.

  Cai YM, Yu J, Ge Y, Mironov A, Gallois P. Cai YM, et al. New Phytol. 2018 May;218(3):1143-1155. doi: 10.1111/nph.14676. Epub 2017 Jul 4. New Phytol. 2018. PMID: 28675441 Free PMC article.
• Vacuolar processing enzyme 4 contributes to maternal control of grain size in barley by executing programmed cell death in the pericarp.

  Radchuk V, Tran V, Radchuk R, Diaz-Mendoza M, Weier D, Fuchs J, Riewe D, Hensel G, Kumlehn J, Munz E, Heinzel N, Rolletschek H, Martinez M, Borisjuk L. Radchuk V, et al. New Phytol. 2018 May;218(3):1127-1142. doi: 10.1111/nph.14729. Epub 2017 Aug 24. New Phytol. 2018. PMID: 28836669
• N-terminomics reveals control of Arabidopsis seed storage proteins and proteases by the Arg/N-end rule pathway.

  Zhang H, Gannon L, Hassall KL, Deery MJ, Gibbs DJ, Holdsworth MJ, van der Hoorn RAL, Lilley KS, Theodoulou FL. Zhang H, et al. New Phytol. 2018 May;218(3):1106-1126. doi: 10.1111/nph.14909. Epub 2017 Nov 23. New Phytol. 2018. PMID: 29168982 Free PMC article.