Tea plant genomics: achievements, challenges and perspectives

EH Xia, W Tong, Q Wu, S Wei, J Zhao… - Horticulture …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Tea is among the world's most widely consumed non-alcoholic beverages and possesses
enormous economic, health, and cultural values. It is produced from the cured leaves of tea …

[HTML][HTML] Flavonoid production: current trends in plant metabolic engineering and de novo microbial production

H Tariq, S Asif, A Andleeb, C Hano, BH Abbasi - Metabolites, 2023 - mdpi.com
Flavonoids are secondary metabolites that represent a heterogeneous family of plant
polyphenolic compounds. Recent research has determined that the health benefits of fruits …

[HTML][HTML] A cinnamate 4-HYDROXYLASE1 from Safflower promotes flavonoids Accumulation and stimulates antioxidant Defense System in Arabidopsis

Y Hou, Y Wang, X Liu, N Ahmad, N Wang, L Jin… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
C4H (cinnamate 4-hydroxylase) is a pivotal gene in the phenylpropanoid pathway, which is
involved in the regulation of flavonoids and lignin biosynthesis of plants. However, the …

Circular RNA architecture and differentiation during leaf bud to young leaf development in tea (Camellia sinensis)

W Tong, J Yu, Y Hou, F Li, Q Zhou, C Wei… - Planta, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Main conclusion Circular RNA (circRNA) discovery, expression patterns and
experimental validation in developing tea leaves indicates its correlation with circRNA …

Insight into Catechins Metabolic Pathways of Camellia sinensis Based on Genome and Transcriptome Analysis

W Wang, Y Zhou, Y Wu, X Dai, Y Liu… - Journal of agricultural …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Tea is an important economic crop with a 3.02 Gb genome. It accumulates various bioactive
compounds, especially catechins, which are closely associated with tea flavor and quality …

Variation in phenolic compounds, α-linolenic acid and linoleic acid contents and antioxidant activity of purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) during phenological growth …

A Saffaryazdi, A Ganjeali, R Farhoosh… - … and Molecular Biology of …, 2020 - Springer
Purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) contains a variety of natural products with different
biological properties. The objective of this research was to estimate changes in total …

Functional characterization of three flavonol synthase genes from Camellia sinensis: Roles in flavonol accumulation

X Jiang, Y Shi, Z Fu, WW Li, S Lai, Y Wu, Y Wang, Y Liu… - Plant Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Flavonol derivatives are a group of flavonoids benefiting human health. Their abundant
presence in tea is associated with astringent taste. To date, mechanism pertaining to the …

[HTML][HTML] Functional Analysis of Two Flavanone-3-Hydroxylase Genes from Camellia sinensis: A Critical Role in Flavonoid Accumulation

Y Han, K Huang, Y Liu, T Jiao, G Ma, Y Qian, P Wang… - Genes, 2017 - mdpi.com
Flavonoids are major secondary metabolites in Camellia sinensis. Flavanone-3-hydroxylase
(F3H) is a key enzyme in flavonoid biosynthesis in plants. However, its role in the flavonoid …

[HTML][HTML] Functional characterization of Cinnamate 4-hydroxylase gene family in soybean (Glycine max)

P Khatri, L Chen, I Rajcan, S Dhaubhadel - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (C4H) is the first key cytochrome P450 monooxygenase (P450)
enzyme in the phenylpropanoid pathway. It belongs to the CYP73 family of P450 …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative transcriptome combined with metabolome analyses revealed key factors involved in nitric oxide (NO)-regulated cadmium stress adaptation in tall …

H Zhu, H Ai, Z Hu, D Du, J Sun, K Chen, L Chen - BMC genomics, 2020 - Springer
Background It has been reported that nitric oxide (NO) could ameliorate cadmium (Cd)
toxicity in tall fescue; however, the underlying mechanisms of NO mediated Cd detoxification …