Sugars play important roles as both nutrients and regulatory molecules throughout plant life.
Sugar metabolism and signalling function in an intricate network with numerous hormones …

The daily life of photosynthetic plants revolves around sugar production, transport, storage
and utilization, and the complex sugar metabolic and signaling networks integrate internal …

Abstract Trehalose 6-phosphate (Tre6P), the intermediate of trehalose biosynthesis, has a
profound influence on plant metabolism, growth, and development. It has been proposed …

Both sorbitol and sucrose are imported into apple fruit from leaves. The metabolism of
sorbitol and sucrose fuels fruit growth and development, and accumulation of sugars in fruit …

Sugars, especially glucose and fructose, contribute to the taste and quality of tomato fruits.
These compounds are translocated from the leaves to the fruits and then unloaded into the …

Fruit ripening is a complex process that involves a series of physiological and biochemical
changes that ultimately influence fruit quality traits, such as color and flavor. Sugar …

Hexose sugars, such as glucose and fructose produced in plants, are ubiquitous in most
organisms and are the origin of most of the organic matter found in nature. To be utilized …

A plant's resistance to herbivore attack is thought to be principally determined by its
secondary metabolism, which can be remarkably plastic and responsive to different grades …

Chronic liver injury of different etiologies may result in hepatic fibrosis, a scar formation
process consisting in altered deposition of extracellular matrix. Progression of fibrosis can …

Moonlighting proteins are defined as proteins with two or more functions that are unrelated
and independent to each other, so that inactivation of one of them should not affect the …