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Schröder P, Wolf AE. Characterization of glutathione S-transferases in needles of Norway spruce trees from a forest decline stand. Tree Physiol. 1996;16(5):503-8doi: 10.1093/treephys/16.5.503.
Schröder, P., & Wolf, A. E. (1996). Characterization of glutathione S-transferases in needles of Norway spruce trees from a forest decline stand. Tree physiology, 16(5), 503-8. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/16.5.503
Schröder, P, and Wolf, A E. "Characterization of glutathione S-transferases in needles of Norway spruce trees from a forest decline stand." Tree physiology vol. 16,5 (1996): 503-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/16.5.503
Schröder P, Wolf AE. Characterization of glutathione S-transferases in needles of Norway spruce trees from a forest decline stand. Tree Physiol. 1996 May;16(5):503-8. doi: 10.1093/treephys/16.5.503. PMID: 14871720.
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Tree Physiol. 1996 May;16(5):503-8. doi: 10.1093/treephys/16.5.503.

Characterization of glutathione S-transferases in needles of Norway spruce trees from a forest decline stand.

Tree physiology

P Schröder, A E Wolf

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  1. Fraunhofer Institut für Atmosphärische Umweltforschung, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

PMID: 14871720 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/16.5.503

Abstract

Glutathione S-transferases (GST) detoxify many electrophilic xenobiotics, including several volatile organic compounds and pesticides. The GST activity for the conjugation of several xenobiotic substances was isolated from needles of Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.) trees from a forest decline stand in the northern alps. Trees that exhibited different degrees of damage were selected from several stands in an altitude profile. The GST activity toward 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (CDNB) in crude protein extracts of needles showed a seasonal pattern with highest activity during summer. The GST activity exhibited a strong dependence on the altitude of the stand showing highest activities in trees growing in the valley and lowest activities in trees growing in the summit regions of the mountain. When cytosolic GST from needles of healthy and damaged trees was purified, trees of healthy appearance exhibited three distinct GST isozymes with activities for the conjugation of CDNB and 1,2-dichloro-4-nitrobenzene (DCNB), whereas severely defoliated trees exhibited four GSTs with additional activity for the conjugation of ethacrynic acid. The main GST isozymes catalyzing the conjugation of CDNB differed in molecular weight, isoelectric point and catalytic properties between damaged and healthy trees.

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