Biosynthesis of flavin cofactors in man: implications in health and disease

M Barile, T Anna Giancaspero, C Brizio… - Current …, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
The primary role of the water-soluble vitamin B2, ie riboflavin, in cell biology is connected
with its conversion into FMN and FAD, the cofactors of a large number of dehydrogenases …

Riboflavin induces disease resistance in plants by activating a novel signal transduction pathway

H Dong, SV Beer - Phytopathology, 2000 - Am Phytopath Society
The role of riboflavin as an elicitor of systemic resistance and an activator of a novel
signaling process in plants was demonstrated. Following treatment with riboflavin …

Riboflavin activates defense responses in tobacco and induces resistance against Phytophthora parasitica and Ralstonia solanacearum

F Liu, F Wei, L Wang, H Liu, X Zhu, Y Liang - Physiological and Molecular …, 2010 - Elsevier
The effects of riboflavin on defense responses and secondary metabolism in tobacco
(Nicotiana tabacum cv. NC89) cell suspensions and the effects of protecting tobacco …

Role of riboflavin and thiamine in induced resistance against charcoal rot disease of soybean

MF Abdel-Monaim - Egyptian Journal of Phytopathology, 2011 - ejp.journals.ekb.eg
Charcoal rot (Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goidanich) of soybean (Glycine max (L.)
Merr.) is a disease of economic significance throughout the world. Pathogenicity of 14 …

Role of riboflavin in induced resistance against Fusarium wilt and charcoal rot diseases of chickpea

R Saikia, M Yadav, S Varghese, BP Singh… - The Plant Pathology …, 2006 - ppjonline.org
Riboflavin caused induction of systemic resistance in chickpea against Fusarium wilt and
charcoal rot diseases. The dose effect of 0.01 to 20 mM riboflavin showed that 1.0 mM …

Maize Dek33 encodes a pyrimidine reductase in riboflavin biosynthesis that is essential for oil-body formation and ABA biosynthesis during seed development

D Dai, H Tong, L Cheng, F Peng… - Journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The maize (Zea mays) defective kernel 33 (dek33) mutant produces defective and
occasionally viviparous kernel phenotypes. In this study, we cloned Dek33 by positional …

[HTML][HTML] Riboflavin-Induced Disease Resistance Requires the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases 3 and 6 in Arabidopsis thaliana

S Nie, H Xu - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
As a resistance elicitor, riboflavin (vitamin B2) protects plants against a wide range of
pathogens. At molecular biological levels, it is important to elucidate the signaling pathways …

[HTML][HTML] Riboflavin phosphorylation is the crucial event in riboflavin transport by isolated rat enterocytes

G Gastaldi, G Ferrari, A Verri, U Laforenza… - The Journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
In isolated rat enterocytes, both normoenergized (normal) and de-energized with rotenone,
riboflavin intracellular metabolic processes, operating in association with a membrane …

Down-regulation of free riboflavin content induces hydrogen peroxide and a pathogen defense in Arabidopsis

B Deng, S Deng, F Sun, S Zhang, H Dong - Plant molecular biology, 2011 - Springer
Riboflavin mediates many bioprocesses associated with the generation of hydrogen
peroxide (H 2 O 2), a cellular signal that regulates defense responses in plants. Although …

[HTML][HTML] Downregulation of leaf flavin content induces early flowering and photoperiod gene expression in Arabidopsis

H Ji, Y Zhu, S Tian, M Xu, Y Tian, L Li, H Wang, L Hu… - BMC plant biology, 2014 - Springer
Background Riboflavin is the precursor of flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and flavin adenine
dinucleotide (FAD), essential cofactors for many metabolic enzymes that catalyze a variety of …