Selective induction of glutathione S-transferase subunits in wheat plants exposed to the herbicide acifluorfen

Authors
Pascal, S Gullner, G Komives, T Scalla, R
Citation
S. Pascal et al., Selective induction of glutathione S-transferase subunits in wheat plants exposed to the herbicide acifluorfen, Z NATURFO C, 55(1-2), 2000, pp. 37-39
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Journal title
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR NATURFORSCHUNG C-A JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCES
ISSN journal
09395075 → ACNP
Volume
55
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
37 - 39
Database
ISI
SICI code
0939-5075(200001/02)55:1-2<37:SIOGSS>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Exposure to the herbicide acifluorfen resulted in marked increase of glutat hione S-trans ferase (CST) enzyme activity in wheat seedlings, primarily in shoot tissues. From the six major, constitutively expressed GST subunits f ound in untreated wheat shoots subunits 2 and 3 were selectively induced by acifluorfen. No new subunit could be detected. The induced subunits belong to those GST isoenzymes, which metabolize diphenyl ether herbicides.