The carotenoid biosynthetic pathway serves manifold roles in plants related to
photosynthesis, photoprotection, development, stress hormones, and various volatiles and …

Carotenoids are indispensable to plants and play a critical role in human nutrition and
health. Significant progress has been made in our understanding of carotenoid metabolism …

As a proof of concept, the qualitative and quantitative engineering of carotenoid formation
has been achieved in crop plants. Successful reports in tomato, potato, rice, and canola all …

Carotenoids are plant secondary metabolites with a range of beneficial physiological, health
and industrial traits. In this review, we summarize the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway and …

We have developed an assay based on rice embryogenic callus for rapid functional
characterization of metabolic genes. We validated the assay using a selection of well …

Carotenoids are present in plant photosynthetic tissues, where they have essential roles in
photoreception and photoprotection, as well as in non-photosynthetic tissues, where they act …

Carotenoids are colored pigments widespread distributed in nature. These lipophilic
molecules are synthesized in plants, algae, and some yeast and bacteria. In plants …

Highlights•We outline the comprehensive framework of the carotenoid biosynthetic
pathway.•Epigenetic, transcriptional, and post-translation regulation carotenogenesis.• …

Summary and future directions Metabolic engineering of carotenoid content and
composition requires anunderstanding of how the biosynthetic pathway is regulated in terms …

Carotenoids are isoprenoid metabolites synthesized de novo in all photosynthetic
organisms. Carotenoids are essential for plants with diverse functions in photosynthesis …