Methylglyoxal: an emerging signaling molecule in plant abiotic stress responses and tolerance

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 intermediates dihydroxyacetone phosphate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate. MG is mostly detoxified by the combined action...

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Main Authors: Tahsina Sharmin Hoque, Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Mohammad Golam Mostofa, David John Burritt, Masayuki Fujita, Lam-Son Tran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2016.01341/full