The carotenoid-cleavage oxygenase genes (CCO) are found in all taxa, including the
kingdom Plantae. In plants, these enzymes are classified into 9-cis epoxycarotenoid …

Diverse morphological, cellular and physiological changes occur during seed maturation in
Bixa orellana when the seed tissues form specialized cell glands that produce reddish latex …

Carotene cleavage dioxygenases (CCDs) are a large family of Fe2+ dependent enzymes
responsible for the production of a wide variety of apocarotenoids, such as bixin. Among the …

Plants adjust their complex molecular, biochemical, and metabolic processes to overcome
salt stress. Here, we investigated the proteomic and epigenetic alterations involved in the …

Despite being described by the nineteenth century naturalist Auguste de Saint-Hilaire as an
important native Brazilian medicinal species, Strychnos pseudoquina A. St.-Hil. remains …

Over the years, our team has dedicated significant efforts to studying a unique natural dye-
producing species, annatto (Bixa orellana L.). We have amassed knowledge and …

Age affects the production of secondary metabolites, but how developmental cues regulate
secondary metabolism remains poorly understood. The achiote tree (Bixa orellana L.) is a …

Annatto (Bixa orellana L.) is a Neotropical woody plant and the main source of the natural
dyes bixin and norbixin. To study the bixin biosynthesis pathway and genetically improve the …

Bixin is a commercially valuable apocarotenoid pigment found in the seed aril of Bixa
orellana. The dynamics and regulation of its biosynthesis and accumulation during seed …

Diverse morphological, cellular and physiological changes occur during seed maturation in
Bixa orellana when the seed tissues form specialized cell glands that produce reddish latex …