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Precursor uptake assays and metabolic analyses in isolated tomato fruit chromoplasts [PDF]
Plant Methods, 2012 Background Carotenoids are the most widespread group of pigments found in nature. In addition to their role in the physiology of the plant, carotenoids also have nutritional relevance as their incorporation in the human diet provides health benefits.
Angaman Djédoux +6 more
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Chromoplast Differentiation: Current Status and Perspectives [PDF]
Plant and Cell Physiology, 2010 Chromoplasts are carotenoid-accumulating plastids conferring color to many flowers and fruits as well as to some tubers and roots. Chromoplast differentiation proceeds from preexisting plastids, most often chloroplasts. One of the most prominent changes is remodeling of the internal membrane system associated with the formation of carotenoid ...
Egea, Isabel +7 more
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Subchromoplast Fractionation Protocol for Different Solanaceae Fruit Species [PDF]
Bio-Protocol, 2016 Macromolecules, proteins, lipids, and other small molecules, such as carotenoids can be studied within different tissues and organelles using an array of in vitro and in vivo methodologies.
Marilise Nogueira +5 more
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Scientific Reports, 2017 Ripe Cara Cara sweet orange contains 25 times as much carotenoids in flesh as Newhall sweet orange, due to high accumulation of carotenes, mainly phytoene, lycopene and phytofluene.
Peng-jun Lu +6 more
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Fractionation of Tomato Fruit Chromoplasts
, 2019 Chromoplast differentiation involves an active synthesis of carotenoids associated with the remodeling of the preexisting plastid membrane systems to form specialized structures involved in the sequestration and storage of the synthesized carotenoids. These subplastidial structures show remarkable morphological differences and seem to be adapted to the
Karel, De Pourcq, Albert, Boronat
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Bioconversion of carotenoids into high-value crocins using a marine sponge carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase. [PDF]
New PhytolSummary Carotenoids and apocarotenoids are widespread specialized metabolites, yet animals, including sponges, lack the ability to synthesize carotenoids de novo and must obtain them from dietary or microbial sources. The roles of carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases (CCDs) in marine animals remain largely unexplored. A CCD from the marine sponge Suberites
Moreno-Giménez E +11 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 The accumulation of the red carotenoid pigment lycopene in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruit is achieved by increased carotenoid synthesis during ripening.
Uri Karniel +3 more
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Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 IntroductionFlesh color is an important trait in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus L.). Several flesh color genes have been identified in watermelon; however, the inheritance of and the molecular basis underlying the white flesh trait remain largely unknown ...
Licong Yi +11 more
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Diversity of Plastid Types and Their Interconversions
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Plastids are pivotal subcellular organelles that have evolved to perform specialized functions in plant cells, including photosynthesis and the production and storage of metabolites.
Heebak Choi, Taegyu Yi, Sun-Hwa Ha
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Autophagy plays a dual role in chromoplast transition and degradation and is essential for fruit coloration and ripening. [PDF]
AutophagyThe color of tomato fruits is determined by carotenoids. The process involves removing chloroplast-related components and the biogenesis of chromoplast membranes where carotenoids are stored, but how these events are coordinated is unknown.
Guo Y +11 more
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