Novel carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase catalyzes the first dedicated step in saffron crocin biosynthesis

Structural basis of carotenoid cleavage: From bacteria to mammals

(2013) Xuewu Sui et al.   ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS

The ORFslr0091ofSynechocystis sp. PCC6803 encodes a high-light induced aldehyde dehydrogenase converting apocarotenals and alkanals

(2013) Danika Trautmann et al.   FEBS Journal

A novel carotenoid cleavage activity involved in the biosynthesis of Citrus fruit-specific apocarotenoid pigments

(2013) María J. Rodrigo et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

CAROTENOID CLEAVAGE DIOXYGENASE4 Is a Negative Regulator of  -Carotene Content in Arabidopsis Seeds

(2013) S. Gonzalez-Jorge et al.   PLANT CELL

Dissection of Tomato Lycopene Biosynthesis through Virus-Induced Gene Silencing

(2013) E. Fantini et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Enzymatic Formation of  -Citraurin from  -Cryptoxanthin and Zeaxanthin by Carotenoid Cleavage Dioxygenase4 in the Flavedo of Citrus Fruit

(2013) G. Ma et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

UGT75L6 and UGT94E5 mediate sequential glucosylation of crocetin to crocin inGardenia jasminoides

(2012) Mai Nagatoshi et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Template-based protein structure modeling using the RaptorX web server

(2012) Morten Källberg et al.   Nature Protocols

The Path from  -Carotene to Carlactone, a Strigolactone-Like Plant Hormone

(2012) A. Alder et al.   SCIENCE

Study of 'Redhaven' peach and its white-fleshed mutant suggests a key role of CCD4 carotenoid dioxygenase in carotenoid and norisoprenoid volatile metabolism

(2011) Federica Brandi et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods

(2011) K. Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Carotenoids and their cleavage products: Biosynthesis and functions

(2011) Michael H. Walter et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT REPORTS

Genomic analysis and gene structure of the plant carotenoid dioxygenase 4 family: A deeper study in Crocus sativus and its allies

(2010) Oussama Ahrazem et al.   GENOMICS

Agrobacterium tumefaciens-Mediated Transformation of Maize Endosperm as a Tool to Study Endosperm Cell Biology

(2010) F. C. Reyes et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The Metabolic and Developmental Roles of Carotenoid Cleavage Dioxygenase4 from Potato

(2010) R. Campbell et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Apocarotenoids: hormones, mycorrhizal metabolites and aroma volatiles

(2010) Michael H. Walter et al.   PLANTA

Comparative 454 pyrosequencing of transcripts from two olive genotypes during fruit development

(2009) Fiammetta Alagna et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Chloroplast Proteins without Cleavable Transit Peptides: Rare Exceptions or a Major Constituent of the Chloroplast Proteome?

(2009) Ute Armbruster et al.   Molecular Plant

Enzymatic assembly of DNA molecules up to several hundred kilobases

(2009) Daniel G Gibson et al.   NATURE METHODS

Metabolite and target transcript analyses during Crocus sativus stigma development

(2009) Ángela Rubio Moraga et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

Carotenoid oxygenases involved in plant branching catalyse a highly specific conserved apocarotenoid cleavage reaction

(2008) Adrian Alder et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Characterization of the rice carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 1 reveals a novel route for geranial biosynthesis

(2008) Andrea Ilg et al.   FEBS Journal

The Carotenoid Cleavage Dioxygenase 1 Enzyme Has Broad Substrate Specificity, Cleaving Multiple Carotenoids at Two Different Bond Positions

(2008) Jonathan T. Vogel et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Cytosolic and Plastoglobule-targeted Carotenoid Dioxygenases fromCrocus sativusAre Both Involved in β-Ionone Release

(2008) Angela Rubio et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Phytochrome- and Gibberellin-Mediated Regulation of Abscisic Acid Metabolism during Germination of Photoblastic Lettuce Seeds

(2008) Y. Sawada et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY