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Glutathione and Related Enzymes in Response to Abiotic Stress

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In variable environmental conditions, plants cannot survive without low-weight, non-enzymatic glutathione molecules. It has a role not only in plant growth and development, but also, in plant defense mechanisms. Variety of abiotic factors, such as extreme temperatures, water deficiency, high salt, and chemical pollutants, accelerate the generation of reactive oxygen species and methylglyoxal, which change glutathione redox state and, in turn, modulate gene and protein expression to increase plant acclimation to abiotic stress. Predicted climate change in future and consequently rising level of abiotic stresses will likely negatively affect plant growth and productivity worldwide. Therefore, enhancement of the functions of glutathione and its related enzymes as well as altering their levels in transgenic plants may be a useful strategy for improving the stress resistance in plants. In this chapter, we outline the key recent advances in this field of research and discuss glutathione significance in abiotic stress-exposed plants.

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Štolfa, I., Špoljarić Maronić, D., Žuna Pfeiffer, T., Lončarić, Z. (2016). Glutathione and Related Enzymes in Response to Abiotic Stress. In: Gupta, D., Palma, J., Corpas, F. (eds) Redox State as a Central Regulator of Plant-Cell Stress Responses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44081-1_9

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