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Apocarotenoids as Stress Signaling Molecules in Plants

Agriculture
Apocarotenoids are ancient signaling molecules that have played crucial roles in biological communication and adaptation across evolutionary history.
Maurizio Carnà, Paolo Korwin Krukowski, Edoardo Tosato, Stefano D’Alessandro   +3 more
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Metabolic engineering of crocins and picrocrocin apocarotenoids in potato group phureja

Engineering Reports
The stigmas of Crocus sativus accumulate the exclusive apocarotenoids crocin and picrocrocin, which are dried and desiccated to make commercial saffron.
Lourdes Gómez‐Gómez, Alberto José López‐Jimenez, Cristian Martinez Fajardo, Lucía Morote, Sarah Frusciante, José Luis Rambla, Gianfranco Diretto, Ángela Rubio‐Moraga, María Mondejar‐López, Enrique Niza, Javier Argandoña, Silvia Presa, Antonio Granell, Oussama Ahrazem   +13 more
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Apocarotenoids Involved in Plant Development and Stress Response

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019
Carotenoids are isoprenoid pigments synthesized by all photosynthetic organisms and many heterotrophic microorganisms. They are equipped with a conjugated double-bond system that builds the basis for their role in harvesting light energy and in ...
Abrar Felemban, Justine Braguy, Justine Braguy, Matias D. Zurbriggen, Salim Al-Babili   +4 more
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The Biosynthesis of Non-Endogenous Apocarotenoids in Transgenic Nicotiana glauca

Metabolites, 2022
Crocins are high-value compounds with industrial and food applications. Saffron is currently the main source of these soluble pigments, but its high market price hinders its use by sectors, such as pharmaceutics.
Xin Huang, Lucía Morote, Changfu Zhu, Oussama Ahrazem, Teresa Capell, Paul Christou, Lourdes Gómez-Gómez   +6 more
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Natural Apocarotenoids and Their Synthetic Glycopeptide Conjugates Inhibit SARS-CoV-2 Replication

Pharmaceuticals, 2021
The protracted global COVID-19 pandemic urges the development of new drugs against the causative agent SARS-CoV-2. The clinically used glycopeptide antibiotic, teicoplanin, emerged as a potential antiviral, and its efficacy was improved with lipophilic ...
Ilona Bereczki, Henrietta Papp, Anett Kuczmog, Mónika Madai, Veronika Nagy, Attila Agócs, Gyula Batta, Márton Milánkovits, Eszter Ostorházi, Ana Mitrović, Janko Kos, Áron Zsigmond, István Hajdú, Zsolt Lőrincz, Dávid Bajusz, György Miklós Keserű, Jan Hodek, Jan Weber, Ferenc Jakab, Pál Herczegh, Anikó Borbás   +20 more
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Apocarotenoids: Old and New Mediators of the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019
Plants utilize hormones and other small molecules to trigger and coordinate their growth and developmental processes, adapt and respond to environmental cues, and communicate with surrounding organisms.
Valentina Fiorilli, Jian You Wang, Paola Bonfante, Luisa Lanfranco, Salim Al-Babili   +4 more
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Regulation of apocarotenoids for quality improvement and biofortification of horticultural crops. [PDF]

J Adv Res
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Liu L, Li Y, Jian C, Guo R, Wang Q.
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Gene expression profile during seed development of Bixa orellana accessions varying in bixin pigment

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
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 with high bixin amounts.
Yair Cárdenas-Conejo, José Alberto Narváez-Zapata, Víctor Manuel Carballo-Uicab, Margarita Aguilar-Espinosa, Rosa Us-Camas, Pedro Escobar-Turriza, Luca Comai, Renata Rivera-Madrid   +7 more
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Identification of the carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase genes and functional analysis reveal DoCCD1 is potentially involved in beta-ionone formation in Dendrobium officinale

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
The carotenoids are the most widely distributed secondary metabolites in plants and can be degraded by carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase (CCD) to form apocarotenoids including an important C13 compound beta-ionone.
Yue Wang, Yue Wang, Jianchu Xu, Aizhong Liu   +3 more
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Genome-wide identification and in-silico expression analysis of carotenoid cleavage oxygenases gene family in Oryza sativa (rice) in response to abiotic stress

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023
Rice constitutes a foundational cereal and plays a vital role in the culinary sector. However, the detriments of abiotic stress on rice quality and productivity are noteworthy. Carotenoid cleavage oxygenases (CCO) hold vital importance as they enable the
Muhammad Zeshan Haider, Adnan Sami, Muhammad Shafiq, Waheed Anwar, Sajid Ali, Qurban Ali, Sher Muhammad, Irfan Manzoor, Muhammad Adnan Shahid, Daoud Ali, Saud Alarifi   +10 more
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