Carotenoid metabolism in plants: the role of plastids

T Sun, H Yuan, H Cao, M Yazdani, Y Tadmor, L Li - Molecular plant, 2018 - cell.com
Carotenoids are indispensable to plants and critical in human diets. Plastids are the
organelles for carotenoid biosynthesis and storage in plant cells. They exist in various types …

Carotenoid metabolism in plants

N Nisar, L Li, S Lu, NC Khin, BJ Pogson - Molecular plant, 2015 - cell.com
Carotenoids are mostly C 40 terpenoids, a class of hydrocarbons that participate in various
biological processes in plants, such as photosynthesis, photomorphogenesis …

[HTML][HTML] Carotenoid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis: a colorful pathway

MÁ Ruiz-Sola… - The Arabidopsis book …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Plant carotenoids are a family of pigments that participate in light harvesting and are
essential for photoprotection against excess light. Furthermore, they act as precursors for the …

Chromoplast biogenesis and carotenoid accumulation

L Li, H Yuan - Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 2013 - Elsevier
Chromoplasts are special organelles that possess superior ability to synthesize and store
massive amounts of carotenoids. They are responsible for the distinctive colors found in …

Clp protease and OR directly control the proteostasis of phytoene synthase, the crucial enzyme for carotenoid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis

R Welsch, X Zhou, H Yuan, D Álvarez, T Sun… - Molecular Plant, 2018 - cell.com
Phytoene synthase (PSY) is the crucial plastidial enzyme in the carotenoid biosynthetic
pathway. However, its post-translational regulation remains elusive. Likewise, Clp protease …

Ectopic expression of ORANGE promotes carotenoid accumulation and fruit development in tomato

M Yazdani, Z Sun, H Yuan, S Zeng… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Carotenoids are critically important to plants and humans. The ORANGE (OR) gene is a key
regulator for carotenoid accumulation, but its physiological roles in crops remain elusive. In …

The Or gene enhances carotenoid accumulation and stability during post-harvest storage of potato tubers

L Li, Y Yang, Q Xu, K Owsiany, R Welsch… - Molecular plant, 2012 - cell.com
Provitamin A carotenoids in staple crops are not very stable during storage and their loss
compromises nutritional quality. To elucidate the fundamental mechanisms underlying …

Overexpression of native ORANGE (OR) and OR mutant protein in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii enhances carotenoid and ABA accumulation and increases resistance …

M Yazdani, MG Croen, TL Fish, TW Thannhauser… - Metabolic …, 2021 - Elsevier
The carotenoid content of plants can be increased by overexpression of the regulatory
protein ORANGE (OR) or a mutant variant known as the 'golden SNP'. In the present study, a …

A single amino acid substitution in an ORANGE protein promotes carotenoid overaccumulation in Arabidopsis

H Yuan, K Owsiany, TE Sheeja, X Zhou… - Plant …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Carotenoids are crucial for plant growth and human health. The finding of ORANGE (OR)
protein as a pivotal regulator of carotenogenesis offers a unique opportunity to …

Differential effects of environment on potato phenylpropanoid and carotenoid expression

RS Payyavula, DA Navarre, JC Kuhl, A Pantoja… - BMC plant biology, 2012 - Springer
Background Plant secondary metabolites, including phenylpropanoids and carotenoids, are
stress inducible, have important roles in potato physiology and influence the nutritional …