On the substrate specificity of the rice strigolactone biosynthesis enzyme DWARF27

Strigolactones, a Novel Carotenoid-Derived Plant Hormone

(2015) Salim Al-Babili et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

The potato carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 4 catalyzes a single cleavage of β-ionone ring-containing carotenes and non-epoxidated xanthophylls

(2015) Mark Bruno et al.   ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS

Biochemical characterization and selective inhibition of β-carotenecis-transisomerase D27 and carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase CCD8 on the strigolactone biosynthetic pathway

(2015) Peter J. Harrison et al.   FEBS Journal

Carotenoid Metabolism in Plants

(2015) Nazia Nisar et al.   Molecular Plant

Strigolactone biosynthesis and perception

(2014) Yoshiya Seto et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

On the substrate- and stereospecificity of the plant carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 7

(2014) Mark Bruno et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Rice cytochrome P450 MAX1 homologs catalyze distinct steps in strigolactone biosynthesis

(2014) Yanxia Zhang et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Heliolactone, a non-sesquiterpene lactone germination stimulant for root parasitic weeds from sunflower

(2014) Kotomi Ueno et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

An Uncharacterized Apocarotenoid-Derived Signal Generated in  -Carotene Desaturase Mutants Regulates Leaf Development and the Expression of Chloroplast and Nuclear Genes in Arabidopsis

(2014) A.-O. Avendano-Vazquez et al.   PLANT CELL

Strigolactones and the control of plant development: lessons from shoot branching

(2014) Tanya Waldie et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Strigolactone Involvement in Root Development, Response to Abiotic Stress, and Interactions with the Biotic Soil Environment

(2014) Y. Kapulnik et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

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

(2014) S. Frusciante et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Carlactone is converted to carlactonoic acid by MAX1 inArabidopsisand its methyl ester can directly interact with AtD14 in vitro

(2014) Satoko Abe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Periodic root branching inArabidopsisrequires synthesis of an uncharacterized carotenoid derivative

(2014) Jaimie M. Van Norman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tomato carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases 1A and 1B: Relaxed double bond specificity leads to a plenitude of dialdehydes, mono-apocarotenoids and isoprenoid volatiles

(2014) Andrea Ilg et al.   FEBS Open Bio

Mechanistic Aspects of Carotenoid Biosynthesis

(2013) Alexander R. Moise et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Novel insights into strigolactone distribution and signalling

(2013) Alexandre de Saint Germain et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

A simple HPLC method for the comprehensive analysis of cis/trans (Z/E) geometrical isomers of carotenoids for nutritional studies

(2012) Antonio J. Melendez-Martinez et al.   FOOD CHEMISTRY

The Arabidopsis Ortholog of Rice DWARF27 Acts Upstream of MAX1 in the Control of Plant Development by Strigolactones

(2012) M. T. Waters et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Epistasis in tomato color mutations involves regulation of phytoene synthase 1 expression by cis-carotenoids

(2012) D. E. Kachanovsky et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2012) A. Alder et al.   SCIENCE

Metabolism of Carotenoids and Retinoids Related to Vision

(2011) Johannes von Lintig   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Cleavage oxygenases for the biosynthesis of trisporoids and other apocarotenoids in Phycomyces

(2011) Humberto R. Medina et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Carotenoids and their cleavage products: Biosynthesis and functions

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

The Strigolactone Story

(2010) Xiaonan Xie et al.   Annual Review of Phytopathology

DWARF27, an Iron-Containing Protein Required for the Biosynthesis of Strigolactones, Regulates Rice Tiller Bud Outgrowth

(2009) H. Lin et al.   PLANT CELL

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

Novel apocarotenoid intermediates in Neurospora crassa mutants imply a new biosynthetic reaction sequence leading to neurosporaxanthin formation

(2008) Alejandro F. Estrada et al.   FUNGAL GENETICS AND BIOLOGY

Inhibition of shoot branching by new terpenoid plant hormones

(2008) Mikihisa Umehara et al.   NATURE

Strigolactone inhibition of shoot branching

(2008) Victoria Gomez-Roldan et al.   NATURE