Abstract
Betaine or glycine betaine is a quaternary ammonium compound accumulated by prokaryotes and eukaryotes in response to salinity or water stress condition. Betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase oxidizes the glycine betaine aldehyde in to the osmoprotectant glycine betaine under the osmotic stress. Many plant species, bacterial species, and marine animals accumulate betaine as osmoprotectant. It is biosynthesized from oxidation of betaine aldehyde reversibly by betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase.
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Senthilkumar, M., Amaresan, N., Sankaranarayanan, A. (2021). Estimation of Betaine Aldehyde Dehydrogenase (BADH) Activity. In: Plant-Microbe Interactions. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1080-0_24
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