Drought is one of the major stress factors affecting the growth and development of plants. In
this context, drought-related losses of crop plant productivity impede sustainable agriculture …

Non-enzymatic reaction involving carbonyl of reducing sugars and amino groups in proteins
produces advanced glycation end products (AGEs). AGE accumulation in vivo is a crucial …

Abiotic stresses are the most common harmful factors, adversely affecting all aspects of
plants' life. Plants have to elicit appropriate responses against multifaceted effects of abiotic …

Desiccation tolerance appeared as the key adaptation feature of photoautotrophic
organisms for survival in terrestrial habitats. During the further evolution, vascular plants …

Glycation is a non-enzymatic post-translational modification (PTM) that is correlated with
many diseases, including diabetes, cancer and age-related disorders. Although recent work …

Legumes represent an important source of food protein for human nutrition and animal feed.
Therefore, sustainable production of legume crops is an issue of global importance. It is well …

Glycation can be defined as an array of non-enzymatic post-translational modifications of
proteins formed by their interaction with reducing carbohydrates and carbonyl products of …

Key message Elevated methylglyoxal levels contribute to ammonium-induced growth
disorders in Arabidopsis thaliana. Methylglyoxal detoxification pathway limitation, mainly the …

Nitrogen fixation is an agronomically and environmentally important process catalyzed by
bacterial nitrogenase within legume root nodules. These unique symbiotic organs have high …

Glycation is a non-enzymatic post-translational modification of proteins, formed by the
reaction of reducing sugars and α-dicarbonyl products of their degradation with amino and …