eng URI http://hdl.handle.net/10795/2692 πρωτεϊνούχο προϊόν Plant cytosolic glutathione transferases (GSTs) are an ancient enzyme superfamily with multiple and diverse functions which are important in counteracting biotic and abiotic stress. GSTs play an important role in catalyzing the conjugation of xenobiotics and endogenous electrophilic compounds with glutathione (GSH), such as pesticides, chemical carcinogens, environmental pollutants, which leads 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 formed during oxidative stress, biosynthesis of sulfur-containing secondary metabolites, and exhibit thioltransferase and dehydroascorbate reductase activity. This review focuses on plant GSTs, and attempts to give an overview of the new insights into the catalytic function and structural biology of these enzymes. 11 pp. LOMv1.0 creator LOMv1.0 publisher LOMv1.0 Project Final Beneficiary LOMv1.0 Project Executing Organisation 2011 Digital Library of the Operational Programme "Education and Lifelong Learning" abstract types Text Glutathione transferase Herbicide detoxification Biotic stress Abiotic stress 677704 application/pdf http://repository.edulll.gr/edulll/bitstream/10795/2692/2/2692_PAPER1.pdf Περιοδικό: Current Chemical Biology Ηλ.Διεύθυνση άρθρου στο περιοδικό: http://benthamscience.com/journals/current-chemical-biology/volume/5/issue/1/page/64/ URI http://hdl.handle.net/10795/2692 LOMv1.0creator 2016-04-15T13:03:36Z LOMv1.0validator 2016-04-15T13:03:36Z LOMv1.0 gre no no Copyright EYD-EPEDBM (Operational Programme "Education and Lifelong Learning")