Glycinebetaine: an effective protectant against abiotic stress in plants.

By T. Chen, N. Murata. Trends in Plant Science, 2008

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Effect of glycinebetaine on proline, water use, and photosynthetic efficiencies, and growth of rice seedlings under salt stress (2010, background): “In the case of osmoregulation, the compatible solute glycinebetaine (Glybet), a small organic metabolite soluble in water and nontoxic at high concentrations, is a compound that can potentially play a crucial role in effective protection against salt, drought, and extreme temperature stress (Ashraf ”
Physiological and molecular changes in plants grown at low temperatures (2012, background): “exogenous application of GB enhance the tolerance of such plants to various abiotic stresses (Chen and Murata 2008). 1100 Planta (2012) 235:1091–1105”
Glycine betaine: a versatile compound with great potential for gene pyramiding to improve crop plant performance against environmental stresses (2012, background): “For details related to these pathways, reader can consult other studies already published (Chen and Murata 2002, 2008).”
Effects of Salt and Water Stress on Plant Growth and on Accumulation of Osmolytes and Antioxidant Compounds in Cherry Tomato (2015, background): “The amino acid proline (Pro) and glycine betaine (GB), a quaternary amine, are probably the most common compatible solutes synthesised by plants as a response to abiotic stress (Ashraf and Foolad, 2007; Chen and Murata, 2008; Verbruggen and Hermans, 2008).”
Glycine betaine-induced lead toxicity tolerance related to elevated photosynthesis, antioxidant enzymes suppressed lead uptake and oxidative stress in cotton (2014, background): “As a novel endogenous quaternary ammonium compound that is found in hemophilic archaebacteria, mammals, bacteria, invertebrates, and plants (Rhodes and Hanson, 1993; Chen and Murata, 2002, 2008), GB has beneficial physiological effects on plants.”
Jasmonic acid alleviates negative impacts of cadmium stress by modifying osmolytes and antioxidants in faba bean (Vicia faba L.) (2017, background): “GB is also having roles in the inhibition of ROS accumulation, protection of photosynthetic machinery, activation of stress-related genes and maintenance of protein structures (Sakamoto & Murata 2002; Chen & Murata 2008).”
Phytohormones Regulate Accumulation of Osmolytes Under Abiotic Stress (2019, background): “GB is an organic and water-soluble molecule that protects the plants against salt stress [62].”
Rhizobacterial-plant interactions: Strategies ensuring plant growth promotion under drought and salinity stress (2016, background): “BBS treatment maintained the transcriptional levels of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxy/oxygenase (RuBisCO) large and small subunits (rbcL and rbcS) genes in cucumber leaves thus helping plant to maintain photosynthesis under drought stress (Wang et al., 2012).”
Overexpression of the betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase gene from Atriplex hortensis enhances salt tolerance in the transgenic trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata L. Raf.) (2011, background): “In any case, the data presented here demonstrate that production of salt-tolerant germplasm by the manipulation of GB synthesis via genetic engineering is feasible in trifoliate orange, as has been shown previously for other plants species (Jia et al., 2002; Chen and Murata, 2008; Yang et al., 2008)”
Plant Response to Salt Stress and Role of Exogenous Protectants to Mitigate Salt-Induced Damages (2013, background): “Glycinebetaine (GB) is a small organic metabolite soluble in water and non-toxic at high concentrations which can potentially play a protective role against salt stress (Ashraf and Foolad 2007 ; Chen and Murata 2008 ) .”
Salinity tolerance in plants: breeding and genetic engineering. (2012, background): “The biological functions of GB have been studied extensively in higher plants such as spinach, sugar beet, barley and maize (Rhodes and Hanson, 1993; Chen and Murata, 2008).”
Reactive oxygen species homeostasis and signalling during drought and salinity stresses. (2010, background): “In contrast to Pro, GB is not thought to directly scavenge ROS during abiotic stresses (Smirnoff & Cumbes 1989; Chen & Murata 2008).”
Utilization of genes encoding osmoprotectants in transgenic plants for enhanced abiotic stress tolerance (2015, background): “Several studies have reviewed the important roles of GB in transgenic plants under various abiotic stresses [91,92].”