[HTML][HTML] Floral scents and fruit aromas: Functions, compositions, biosynthesis, and regulation

S Mostafa, Y Wang, W Zeng, B Jin - Frontiers in plant science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Floral scents and fruit aromas are crucial volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in plants. They
are used in defense mechanisms, along with mechanisms to attract pollinators and seed …

Plant phenylalanine/tyrosine ammonia-lyases

J Barros, RA Dixon - Trends in plant science, 2020 - cell.com
Aromatic amino acid deaminases are key enzymes mediating carbon flux from primary to
secondary metabolism in plants. Recent studies have uncovered a tyrosine ammonia-lyase …

Floral volatiles: from biosynthesis to function

JK Muhlemann, A Klempien… - Plant, cell & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Floral volatiles have attracted humans' attention since antiquity and have since then
permeated many aspects of our lives. Indeed, they are heavily used in perfumes, cosmetics …

Emission of volatile organic compounds from petunia flowers is facilitated by an ABC transporter

F Adebesin, JR Widhalm, B Boachon, F Lefèvre… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Plants synthesize a diversity of volatile molecules that are important for reproduction and
defense, serve as practical products for humans, and influence atmospheric chemistry and …

[HTML][HTML] A familiar ring to it: biosynthesis of plant benzoic acids

JR Widhalm, N Dudareva - Molecular plant, 2015 - cell.com
Plant benzoic acids (BAs) are building blocks or important structural elements for numerous
primary and specialized metabolites, including plant hormones, cofactors, defense …

Regulation of amino acid metabolic enzymes and transporters in plants

R Pratelli, G Pilot - Journal of experimental botany, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Amino acids play several critical roles in plants, from providing the building blocks of
proteins to being essential metabolites interacting with many branches of metabolism. They …

Nanosilicon-based recovery of barley (Hordeum vulgare) plants subjected to drought stress

M Ghorbanpour, H Mohammadi… - Environmental Science …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The present study explores the potential impact of silicon nanoparticles (Si NPs), in
comparison with their bulk counterpart (silicate), on post-stress recovery performance of …

MYB20, MYB42, MYB43, and MYB85 regulate phenylalanine and lignin biosynthesis during secondary cell wall formation

P Geng, S Zhang, J Liu, C Zhao, J Wu, Y Cao… - Plant …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Lignin is a phenylpropanoid-derived polymer that functions as a major component of cell
walls in plant vascular tissues. Biosynthesis of the aromatic amino acid Phe provides …

The regulation of essential amino acid synthesis and accumulation in plants

G Galili, R Amir, AR Fernie - Annual review of plant biology, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Although amino acids are critical for all forms of life, only proteogenic amino acids that
humans and animals cannot synthesize de novo and therefore must acquire in their diets …

Tyrosine biosynthesis, metabolism, and catabolism in plants

CA Schenck, HA Maeda - Phytochemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
L-Tyrosine (Tyr) is an aromatic amino acid (AAA) required for protein synthesis in all
organisms, but synthesized de novo only in plants and microorganisms. In plants, Tyr also …