**The Role of Glutathione Transferases in the Development of Insecticide Resistance**

Zazali Alias

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/61972

#### **Abstract**

Glutathione transferases are multifunctional enzymes. Some of the known functions of the enzymes are biotransformation of xenobiotics, countering oxidative stress and partici‐ pating in cell regulatory functions. As the isoforms present in number of classes the puri‐ fication of a particular isoform for characterization is a challenging task. In insect, the study of GSTs is focusing on their roles in development of insecticide resistance. There were evident that certain classes of the enzymes are reactive towards conjugating the pes‐ ticides. This makes GSTs one of the enzymes of intention in the discipline of pesticide control management.

**Keywords:** Glutathione transferases, detoxification, insecticide resistance
