Carotenoids and their cleavage products: biosynthesis and functions

MH Walter, D Strack - Natural product reports, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to mid-2010 This review focuses on plant carotenoids, but it also includes
progress made on microbial and animal carotenoid metabolism to better understand the …

Biological roles of fungal carotenoids

J Avalos, M Carmen Limón - Current genetics, 2015 - Springer
Carotenoids are terpenoid pigments widespread in nature, produced by bacteria, fungi,
algae and plants. They are also found in animals, which usually obtain them through the …

Carotenoids and their biosynthesis in fungi

G Sandmann - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Carotenoids represent a class of pigmented terpenoids. They are distributed in all taxonomic
groups of fungi. Most of the fungal carotenoids differ in their chemical structures to those …

Carotenoid cleavage oxygenases from microbes and photosynthetic organisms: features and functions

O Ahrazem, L Gómez-Gómez, MJ Rodrigo… - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Apocarotenoids are carotenoid-derived compounds widespread in all major taxonomic
groups, where they play important roles in different physiological processes. In addition …

Apocarotenoids: hormones, mycorrhizal metabolites and aroma volatiles

MH Walter, DS Floss, D Strack - Planta, 2010 - Springer
Apocarotenoids are tailored from carotenoids by oxidative enzymes [carotenoid cleavage
oxygenases (CCOs)], cleaving specific double bonds of the polyene chain. The cleavage …

Carotenoids biosynthesis and cleavage related genes from bacteria to plants

MH Liang, J Zhu, JG Jiang - Critical reviews in food science and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Carotenoids are essential for photosynthesis and photoprotection in photosynthetic
organisms and beneficial for human health. Apocarotenoids derived from carotenoid …

The role of carotenoids and their derivatives in mediating interactions between insects and their environment

JJ Heath, DF Cipollini, JO Stireman III - Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2013 - Springer
Carotenoids are long conjugated isoprenoid molecules derived mainly from plants and
microbial organisms. They are highly diverse, with over 700 identified structures, and are …

A rapid LC-MS method for qualitative and quantitative profiling of plant apocarotenoids

J Mi, KP Jia, JY Wang, S Al-Babili - Analytica chimica acta, 2018 - Elsevier
Carotenoid cleavage products (apocarotenoids; APOs) exert important biological functions
in light perception and as vitamin A source, signaling molecules, hormone precursors …

Evolutionarily distinct carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases are responsible for crocetin production in Buddleja davidii

O Ahrazem, G Diretto, J Argandoña… - Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Crocetin, one of the few colored apocarotenoids known in nature, is present in flowers and
fruits and has long been used medicinally and as a colorant. Saffron is the main source of …

Phylogenomic analyses of non-dikarya fungi supports horizontal gene transfer driving diversification of secondary metabolism in the amphibian gastrointestinal …

JF Tabima, IA Trautman, Y Chang… - G3: Genes …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Research into secondary metabolism (SM) production by fungi has resulted in the discovery
of diverse, biologically active compounds with significant medicinal applications. The fungi …