Ascorbic acid as a master redox regulator of fruit ripening

A Arabia, S Munné-Bosch, P Muñoz - Postharvest Biology and Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Ascorbic acid plays an essential role in human health and its deficiency severely impacts
physical well-being. Fruits are a good dietary source of ascorbic acid and thereby, its …

The ascorbate biosynthesis pathway in plants is known, but there is a way to go with understanding control and functions

N Smirnoff, GL Wheeler - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Ascorbate (vitamin C) is one of the most abundant primary metabolites in plants. Its complex
chemistry enables it to function as an antioxidant, as a free radical scavenger, and as a …

Genetic and biochemical strategies for regulation of L-ascorbic acid biosynthesis in plants through the L-galactose pathway

JC Castro, CG Castro, M Cobos - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Vitamin C (L-ascorbic acid, AsA) is an essential compound with pleiotropic functions in many
organisms. Since its isolation in the last century, AsA has attracted the attention of the …

Ascorbate synthesis as an alternative electron source for mitochondrial respiration: possible implications for the plant performance

IF Matos, LMM Morales, DB Santana… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The molecule vitamin C, in the chemical form of ascorbic acid (AsA), is known to be essential
for the metabolism of humans and animals. Humans do not produce AsA, so they depend on …

AOX1a Expression in Arabidopsis thaliana Affects the State of Chloroplast Photoprotective Systems under Moderately High Light Conditions

EV Garmash, OV Dymova, EV Silina, RV Malyshev… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Alternative oxidase (AOX) in the mitochondrial electron transport chain is considered
important for sustaining photosynthesis under high light conditions. Here, we examined the …

The alternative respiration is linked with the ascorbate synthesis capacity in climacteric and non-climacteric fruit mitochondria

GMC Silva, LMM Morales, DB Santana… - Postharvest Biology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The typical respiratory pattern in climacteric fruits is known to be associated with increase of
the alternative (AOX) respiration. It has been previously demonstrated that the antioxidant …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of Partial Elimination of Mitochondrial DNA on Genome-Wide Identified AOX Gene Family in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

A Khan, Z Jihong, H Luo, A Raza, Q Hussain, Z Hu - Processes, 2024 - mdpi.com
Using Chlamydomonas as a model organism, we attempted to eliminate mitochondrial DNA
(mtDNA) similar to rho0 or rho− cells (completely or partially mtDNA-eliminated cells) in …