InterPro domain: IPR045074
General Information
- Identifier IPR045074
- Description Glutathione S-transferases Tau, C-terminal alpha helical domain, plant
- Number of genes 3471
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- Associated GO terms GO:0006749 GO:0004364
Abstract
The plant-specific class Tau GST has undergone extensive gene duplication. The Arabidopsis and Oryza genomes contain 28 and 40 Tau GSTs, respectively. They are primarily responsible for herbicide detoxification together with class Phi GSTs, showing class specificity in substrate preference. Tau enzymes are highly efficient in detoxifying diphenylether and aryloxyphenoxypropionate herbicides. In addition, Tau GSTs play important roles in intracellular signalling, biosynthesis of anthocyanin, responses to soil stresses and responses to auxin and cytokinin hormones [ 1 , 2 , 3 ].
1. Forced evolution of a herbicide detoxifying glutathione transferase. J. Biol. Chem. 278, 23930-5
2. Partial characterization of glutathione S-transferases from wheat (Triticum spp.) and purification of a safener-induced glutathione S-transferase from Triticum tauschii. Plant Physiol. 114, 1461-70
3. Plant glutathione transferases. Genome Biol. 3, REVIEWS3004