Carotenoid pigments are valuable components of the human diet. A notable example is β-
carotene, or provitamin A, which is converted into the derivatives astaxanthin and …

Carotenoids fulfill many processes that are essential for normal growth and development in
plants, but they are also responsible for the breathtaking variety of red-to-yellow colors we …

Background Selection of genes involved in metabolic pathways could target them differently
depending on the position of genes in the pathway and on their role in controlling metabolic …

Microorganisms and plants synthesize a diverse array of natural products, many of which
have proven indispensable to human health and well-being. Although many thousands of …

Carotenoid pigments are important components of the human diet and carrots are the main
dietary sources of the vitamin A precursors α-and β-carotene. Carotenoids play essential …

AraCyc is a database containing biochemical pathways of Arabidopsis, developed at The
Arabidopsis Information Resource (http://www. arabidopsis. org). The aim of AraCyc is to …

Carotenoid biosynthesis in plants includes a complex series of desaturation/isomerisation
reactions, catalyzed by four independent enzymes. In bacteria and fungi one …

Abstract The endosperm of Golden Rice (Oryza sativa) is yellow due to the accumulation of
β-carotene (provitamin A) and xanthophylls. The product of the two carotenoid biosynthesis …

Vitamin A deficiency is a public health problem in a large number of countries.
Biofortification of major staple crops (wheat [Triticum aestivum], rice [Oryza sativa], maize …

In plants, carotenoids are subjected to enzyme-catalyzed oxidative cleavage reactions as
well as to non-enzymatic degradation processes, which produce various carbonyl products …