Figure 2
From: GLYI and D-LDH play key role in methylglyoxal detoxification and abiotic stress tolerance

Heterologous expression of MG detoxification enzymes in E. coli provides varying tolerance to various abiotic stresses: The BL21 E. coli cells containing the constructs of MG detoxification genes (pET28a-AtGLYI, pET28a-AtGLYII and pET28a-AtD-LDH) were grown in presence of different abiotic stresses such as (A) salinity (200 mM NaCl), (B) oxidative (5 mM H2O2) and (C) exogenous MG (0.5 mM MG) and their growth was monitored. Cells containing empty vector were used as control.