title: Apoptosis and lipoapoptosis in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
abstract: Yeasts being simple eukaryotes are established genetic systems that are often employed to solve important biological questions. Recently, it has become evident that certain cell death programs exist in these unicellular organisms. For example, it has been shown recently that strains of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe deficient in triacylglycerol synthesis undergo cell death with prominent apoptotic markers. This minireview is intended to discuss key developments that have rendered fission yeast useful both as a tool and as a model for apoptosis and lipoapoptosis research. It is attempted to delineate a putative signaling pathway leading to the execution of lipoapoptosis in the fission yeast. Although in its infancy, apoptosis research in the fission yeast promises exciting breakthroughs in the near future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore.
authors.forename: Choon Pei
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Low
authors.forename: Li Phing
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Liew
authors.forename: Shazib
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pervaiz
authors.forename: Hongyuan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D012568:Schizosaccharomyces / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction