Author response to “Commentary on detoxification of deoxynivalenol by pathogen-inducible tau-class glutathione transferases from wheat” by Dr. Latika Shendre
Abstract
We sincerely thank Dr. Shendre for the encouraging comment on our work. We would like to emphasize that this was primarily a biochemical study demonstrating (for the first time) that tau-class plant glutathione transferases (GSTs) are in principle capable of catalyzing glutathione adduct formation with the Fusarium virulence factor deoxynivalenol (DON). As thoroughly discussed in the paper, the catalytic rates observed with DON were low, but we hypothesized that such GSTs may contribute to basal Fusarium resistance in plants.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Glutathione Transferases and Polymorphisms
Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Journal of Biological Chemistry
- Volume
- 302
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 111139–111139
- Publication date
- 28 January 2026
- Language
- EN