Carotenoid metabolism in plants

N Nisar, L Li, S Lu, NC Khin, BJ Pogson - Molecular plant, 2015 - cell.com
Carotenoids are mostly C 40 terpenoids, a class of hydrocarbons that participate in various
biological processes in plants, such as photosynthesis, photomorphogenesis …

[HTML][HTML] Vital roles of carotenoids in plants and humans to deteriorate stress with its structure, biosynthesis, metabolic engineering and functional aspects

P Swapnil, M Meena, SK Singh, UP Dhuldhaj… - Current Plant …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carotenoids are long conjugated isoprenoid molecules with over 1117 identified structures,
belongs to the class of hydrocarbons, involved in a range of biological processes in plants …

Phytoene synthase: the key rate-limiting enzyme of carotenoid biosynthesis in plants

X Zhou, S Rao, E Wrightstone, T Sun… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Phytoene synthase (PSY) catalyzes the first committed step in the carotenoid biosynthesis
pathway and is a major rate-limiting enzyme of carotenogenesis. PSY is highly regulated by …

Carotenoid Pigment Content in Durum Wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var durum): An Overview of Quantitative Trait Loci and Candidate Genes

P Colasuonno, I Marcotuli, A Blanco… - Frontiers in plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Carotenoid pigment content is an important quality trait as it confers a natural bright yellow
color to pasta preferred by consumers (whiteness vs. yellowness) and nutrients, such as …

Carotenoids biosynthesis and cleavage related genes from bacteria to plants

MH Liang, J Zhu, JG Jiang - Critical reviews in food science and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Carotenoids are essential for photosynthesis and photoprotection in photosynthetic
organisms and beneficial for human health. Apocarotenoids derived from carotenoid …

Research progress of engineering microbial cell factories for pigment production

S Xu, S Gao, Y An - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Pigments are widely used in people's daily life, such as food additives, cosmetics,
pharmaceuticals, textiles, etc. In recent years, the natural pigments produced by …

Carotenoids in staple cereals: metabolism, regulation, and genetic manipulation

S Zhai, X **a, Z He - Frontiers in plant science, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Carotenoids play a critical role in animal and human health. Animals and humans are
unable to synthesize carotenoids de novo, and therefore rely upon diet as sources of these …

The carotenoid biosynthetic and catabolic genes in wheat and their association with yellow pigments

P Colasuonno, ML Lozito, I Marcotuli, D Nigro… - BMC genomics, 2017 - Springer
Background In plants carotenoids play an important role in the photosynthetic process and
photo-oxidative protection, and are the substrate for the synthesis of abscisic acid and …

Genetics of tillering in rice and barley

A Hussien, E Tavakol, DS Horner… - The plant …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Tillering, or the production of lateral branches (ie, culms), is an important agronomic trait that
determines shoot architecture and grain production in grasses. Shoot architecture is based …

Strigolactone Levels in Dicot Roots Are Determined by an Ancestral Symbiosis-Regulated Clade of the PHYTOENE SYNTHASE Gene Family

R Stauder, R Welsch, M Camagna, W Kohlen… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Strigolactones (SLs) are apocarotenoid phytohormones synthesized from carotenoid
precursors. They are produced most abundantly in roots for exudation into the rhizosphere …