Insect glutathione transferases

AJ Ketterman, C Saisawang… - Drug metabolism …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
This article is an overview of the current knowledge of insect glutathione transferases. Three
major topics are discussed: the glutathione transferase contributions to insecticide …

The glutathione S-transferase genes in marine rotifers and copepods: Identification of GSTs and applications for ecotoxicological studies

JC Park, A Hagiwara, HG Park, JS Lee - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
Various xenobiotics are constantly being released and accumulated into the aquatic
environments and consequently, the aquatic organisms are continuously being exposed to …

In the hunt for genomic markers of metabolic resistance to pyrethroids in the mosquito Aedes aegypti: An integrated next-generation sequencing approach

F Faucon, T Gaude, I Dusfour, V Navratil… - PLoS Neglected …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background The capacity of Aedes mosquitoes to resist chemical insecticides threatens the
control of major arbovirus diseases worldwide. Until alternative control tools are widely …

Evolution in an ancient detoxification pathway is coupled with a transition to herbivory in the Drosophilidae

AD Gloss, DG Vassao, AL Hailey… - Molecular Biology …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Chemically defended plant tissues present formidable barriers to herbivores. Although
mechanisms to resist plant defenses have been identified in ancient herbivorous lineages …

A glutathione-S-transferase (TuGSTd05) associated with acaricide resistance in Tetranychus urticae directly metabolizes the complex II inhibitor cyflumetofen

N Pavlidi, M Khalighi, A Myridakis, W Dermauw… - Insect Biochemistry and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Cyflumetofen is a recently introduced acaricide with a novel mode of action, acting as an
inhibitor of complex II of mitochondrial electron transport chain. It is activated by hydrolysis …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of a Drosophila glutathione transferase involved in isothiocyanate detoxification

D Gonzalez, S Fraichard, P Grassein, P Delarue… - Insect biochemistry and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Glutathione transferases (GSTs) are ubiquitous key enzymes that catalyse the conjugation of
glutathione to xenobiotic compounds in the detoxification process. GSTs have been …

Expression patterns of Drosophila Melanogaster glutathione transferases

E Gonis, S Fraichard, T Chertemps, A Hecker… - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Glutathione transferases are key enzymes found in all living species. In
insects, two classes of these enzymes are specific: the Delta and Epsilon classes. These …

Structural and Thermodynamic Insights into Dimerization Interfaces of Drosophila glutathione transferases

M Schwartz, N Petiot, J Chaloyard, V Senty-Segault… - Biomolecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study presents a comprehensive analysis of the dimerization interfaces of fly GSTs
through sequence alignment. Our investigation revealed GSTE1 as a particularly intriguing …

The impact of nitric oxide toxicity on the evolution of the glutathione transferase superfamily: a proposal for an evolutionary driving force

A Bocedi, R Fabrini, A Farrotti, L Stella… - Journal of Biological …, 2013 - ASBMB
Glutathione transferases (GSTs) are protection enzymes capable of conjugating glutathione
(GSH) to toxic compounds. During evolution an important catalytic cysteine residue involved …

Structural characterization of the catalytic site of a Nilaparvata lugens delta-class glutathione transferase

K Yamamoto, A Higashiura, MT Hossain… - Archives of biochemistry …, 2015 - Elsevier
Glutathione transferases (GSTs) are a major class of detoxification enzymes that play a
central role in the defense against environmental toxicants and oxidative stress. Here, we …