Table2.
Important events in the plant GSTs research (1970–2020)
| Year | Major event(s) | References |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Role of GSTs in tertrapyrrole metabolism | Sylvestre-Gonon et al. (2020) |
| Role of Phi class GST in multiple-herbicide resistance of grass weeds and crops | Georgakis et al. (2020) | |
| 82 GST genes identified in radish | Gao et al. (2020) | |
| 2019 | GST gene family identification and characterization in capsicum | Islam et al. (2019) |
| A review on Plant GSTs and light | Gallé et al. (2019) | |
| 2018 | First report of 73 GSTs in Medicago truncatula | Han et al. (2018) |
| First report of 44GSTs in Vigna radiata | Vaish et al. (2018) | |
| First report of 88 GST genes in Oak (Quercus robur) | Plomion et al. (2018) | |
| First report of GST’s specific activity, kinetic behavior, substrate specificity, and protein expression levels in the leaves, fruits, stems, and roots of olive tree cv.Picual | Peragón and Amores-Escobar (2018) | |
| 2017 | Review on plant GSTs: Functions and biotechnological applications | Nianiou-Obeidat et al. (2017) |
| First report of 42 GST genes in sweet potato | Ding et al. (2017) | |
| 2016 | Identification of the role of Tau GST gene promoter SBGSTU of Salicornia brachiata under salinity and osmotic Stress | Tiwari et al. (2016) |
| 2015 | Very first characterized all GST classes of Glycine max | Liu et al. (2015) |
| First report of essential role of GSTs in pathogenicity of Alternaria brassicicola | Cicero et al. (2015) | |
| Review on plant GSTs | Labrou et al. (2015) | |
| 2014 | Report of 27 GST genes in gymnosperm Larix kaempferi | Yang et al. (2014) |
| Characterization of GST gene family in Citrus Sinensis | Licciardello et al. (2014) | |
| 2013 | First report of total 37 GSTs in Physcomitrella patens, a nonvascular plant (bryophyte) with two novel classes’ iota and hemerythrin and no tau GST | Liu et al. (2013) |
| 2012 | First report of maximum number of GSTs that possess α- helix followed by turns and β- sheets and also that they undergo post translational reversible phosphorylation activation | Puglisi et al. (2013) |
| 2011 | Expansion mechanisms and functional divergence of the Glutathione S-Transferase family in sorghum and other higher plants | Chi et al. (2011) |
| 2010 | Total 79 GSTs in rice | Jain et al. (2010) |
| 2009 | Physiological role of GSTs in root nodule of Glycine max | Dalton et al. (2009) |
| 2008 | Review on plant GSTs | Öztetik (2008) |
| Report on presence of GSTs in red and brown algae | Herv’E et al. (2008) | |
| 2007 | Review published on plant GSTs | Basantani and Srivastava (2007) |
| 2005 | Molecular characterization of GSTs for the first time in gymnosperm Pinus tabulaeformis (Pinaceae) | Zeng et al. (2005) |
| 2004 | First characterization of GST gene family in rice | Soranzo et al. (2004) |
| 2003 | GSTs undergo glycosylation | Moons (2003) |
| 2002 | Identification of two novel GSTs DHAR and Lambda in Arabidopsis thaliana | Dixon et al. (2002) |
| 2001 | Structure of Zeta class GST from A. thaliana was proposed with its putative role in Tyrosine catabolism | Thom et al. (2001) |
| 2000 | Review of plant GSTs with new modified nomenclature | Dixon and Edwards (2009) |
| Development of transgenic tobacco overexpressing GST with high stress tolerance | Roxas et al. (1997) | |
| 1999 | A phi class GST was reported in black grass Alopecurus myosuroides | Cummins et al.(1999) |
| 1998 | First classification of GSTs into Type I,II and III | Dixon et al. (1998) |
| Identification of GSTs in fresh water algae | Tang et al. (1998) | |
| 1997 | Identification of additional zeta class GSTs | Board et al. (1997) |
| Purification of multiple glutathione transferases involved in herbicide detoxification from wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) treated with the safener fenchlorazole-ethyl | Cummins et al. (1998) | |
| 1996 | Review on plant GSTs | Marrs (1996) |
| 1994 | Cloning and characterization of maize herbicide safener-induced cDNAs encoding subunits of glutathione S-transferase isoforms I, II, and IV | Jepson et al. (1994) |
| 1980 | Very first report on presence of GSTs in microorganism bacteria, fungi, protozoa, etc | Edward et al. (1980) |
| 1970 | First report of plant GSTs in maize | Frear and Swanson (1970) |