Université de Fribourg

Subcellular immunocytochemical analysis detects the highest concentrations of glutathione in mitochondria and not in plastids

Zechmann, B. ; Mauch, Felix ; Sticher, Liliane ; Müller, M.

In: Journal of Experimental Botany, 2008, vol. 59, no. 14, p. 4017-4027

The tripeptide glutathione is a major antioxidant and redox buffer with multiple roles in plant metabolism. Glutathione biosynthesis is restricted to the cytosol and the plastids and the product is distributed to the various organelles by unknown mechanisms. In the present study immunogold cytochemistry based on anti-glutathione antisera and transmission electron microscopy was used to...