eng URI http://hdl.handle.net/10795/2637 ένζυμο βιοτεχνολογία βιοχημεία Plant cytosolic glutathione transferases (GSTs) belong to an ancient enzyme superfamily with multiple and diverse functions which are important in counteracting biotic and abiotic stress. GSTs catalyze the conjugation of xenobiotics and endogenous electrophilic compounds with glutathione (GSH), leading to their detoxification. GSTs not only catalyze detoxification reactions but they are also involved in GSH-dependent isomerization reactions, in GSH-dependent reduction of organic hydroperoxides, biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, and exhibit thioltransferase and dehydroascorbate reductase activity. The applications of ‘omics’ technologies have allowed the classification of GSTs and the study of their evolution and sequence diversity, while enzymology has provided powerful insights into their catalytic role. This review focuses on plant GSTs, and attempts to give an overview of the new insights into their catalytic function and biological role in biotic and abiotic stress tolerance mechanisms in plants. 18 pp. LOMv1.0 creator LOMv1.0 publisher LOMv1.0 Project Final Beneficiary LOMv1.0 Project Executing Organisation 2015-02-28 Digital Library of the Operational Programme "Education and Lifelong Learning" abstract types Text Abiotic stress Biotic stress Glutathione transferase Herbicide detoxification http://benthamscience.com/journals/current-chemical-biology/volume/8/issue/2/page/58/ 6753949 application/pdf http://repository.edulll.gr/edulll/bitstream/10795/2637/2/2637_Paper%2011.pdf URI http://hdl.handle.net/10795/2637 LOMv1.0creator 2016-04-14T07:32:26Z LOMv1.0validator 2016-04-14T07:32:26Z LOMv1.0 gre no no Copyright EYD-EPEDBM (Operational Programme "Education and Lifelong Learning")