The versatile GABA in plants

L Li, N Dou, H Zhang, C Wu - Plant signaling & behavior, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a ubiquitous four-carbon, non-protein amino acid.
GABA has been widely studied in animal central nervous systems, where it acts as an …

Glutamate in plants: metabolism, regulation, and signalling

BG Forde, PJ Lea - Journal of experimental botany, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Glutamate occupies a central position in amino acid metabolism in plants. The acidic amino
acid is formed by the action of glutamate synthase, utilizing glutamine and 2-oxoglutarate …

Highway or byway: the metabolic role of the GABA shunt in plants

A Fait, H Fromm, D Walter, G Galili, AR Fernie - Trends in plant science, 2008 - cell.com
Much of the recent work on the γ-aminobutyrate (GABA) shunt in plants has concentrated on
stress/pest-associated and signalling roles. However, fifty years after the structural …

The effects of exogenously applied antioxidants on plant growth and resilience

A Rodrigues de Queiroz, C Hines, J Brown… - Phytochemistry …, 2023 - Springer
Plant growth and resilience require balancing an inherently oxidative metabolism with
powerful antioxidant systems that help maintain homeostasis. When the environment …

Germinated brown rice and its bio-functional compounds

DH Cho, ST Lim - Food Chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
Brown rice (BR) contains bran layers and embryo, where a variety of nutritional and
biofunctional components, such as dietary fibers, γ-oryzanol, vitamins, and minerals, exist …

γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) signalling in plants

SA Ramesh, SD Tyerman, M Gilliham, B Xu - Cellular and Molecular Life …, 2017 - Springer
The role of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) as a signal in animals has been documented for
over 60 years. In contrast, evidence that GABA is a signal in plants has only emerged in the …

γ-Aminobutyrate (GABA) regulated plant defense: Mechanisms and opportunities

BJ Shelp, MS Aghdam, EJ Flaherty - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Global climate change and associated adverse abiotic and biotic stress conditions affect
plant growth and development, and agricultural sustainability in general. Abiotic and biotic …

Diverse role of γ-aminobutyric acid in dynamic plant cell responses

M Seifikalhor, S Aliniaeifard, B Hassani, V Niknam… - Plant cell reports, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), a four-carbon non-protein amino acid, is found
in most prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. Although, ample research into GABA has …

Plant GABA: not just a metabolite

AW Bown, BJ Shelp - Trends in plant science, 2016 - cell.com
γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) accumulates rapidly when plants are exposed to stress.
Whether GABA accumulation represents the regulation of metabolism in response to stress …

Glutamate alleviates cadmium toxicity in rice via suppressing cadmium uptake and translocation

M Jiang, J Jiang, S Li, M Li, Y Tan, S Song… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cadmium (Cd), a naturally occurring heavy metal, is toxic to animals and plants.
Minimization of Cd in rice grain is important to human health since rice is the main source of …