Plants cannot survive without glutathione (γ‐glutamylcysteinylglycine) or γ‐glutamylcysteine‐
containing homologues. The reasons why this small molecule is indispensable are not fully …

Heavy metal (HM) toxicity is one of the major abiotic stresses leading to hazardous effects in
plants. A common consequence of HM toxicity is the excessive accumulation of reactive …

Being sessile organisms, plants are frequently exposed to various environmental stresses
that cause several physiological disorders and even death. Oxidative stress is one of the …

The oxygenated short aldehyde methylglyoxal (MG) is produced in plants as a by-product of
a number of metabolic reactions, including elimination of phosphate groups from glycolysis …

To identify biochemical markers for salt tolerance, two contrasting cultivars of rice (Oryza
sativa L.) differing in salt tolerance were analyzed for various parameters. Pokkali, a salt …

Recent work has highlighted the presence of diverse glutathione-dependent enzymes in
plants with potential roles in the detoxification of both xenobiotic and endogenous …

The glyoxalase pathway involving glyoxalase I (gly I) and glyoxalase II (gly II) enzymes is
required for glutathione-based detoxification of methylglyoxal. We had earlier indicated the …

We reported earlier that engineering of the glyoxalase pathway (a two-step reaction
mediated through glyoxalase I and II enzymes) enhances salinity tolerance. Here we report …

Glyoxalases are known to play a very important role in abiotic stress tolerance. This two-step
pathway detoxifies ubiquitously present cytotoxic metabolite methylglyoxal, which otherwise …

Earlier we have shown the role of glyoxalase overexpression in conferring salinity tolerance
in transgenic tobacco. We now demonstrate the feasibility of same in a crop like rice through …