Evolutionarily distinct carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases are responsible for crocetin production in Buddleja davidii

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The Quest for Golden Bananas: Investigating Carotenoid Regulation in a Fe’i Group Musa Cultivar

(2016) Stephen Buah et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Substrate Specificity of Purified Recombinant Chicken β-Carotene 9′,10′-Oxygenase (BCO2)

(2016) Carlo dela Seña et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Structure, Diversity, and Evolution of a New Family of Soluble Carotenoid-Binding Proteins in Cyanobacteria

(2016) Matthew R. Melnicki et al.   Molecular Plant

Intron retention and rhythmic diel pattern regulation of carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 2 during crocetin biosynthesis in saffron

(2016) Oussama Ahrazem et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

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

Saffron: Its Phytochemistry, Developmental Processes, and Biotechnological Prospects

(2015) Oussama Ahrazem et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Utilization of Dioxygen by Carotenoid Cleavage Oxygenases

(2015) Xuewu Sui et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Isolation and characterization of carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 4 genes from different citrus species

(2015) Xiongjie Zheng et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

The carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase CCD2 catalysing the synthesis of crocetin in spring crocuses and saffron is a plastidial enzyme

(2015) Oussama Ahrazem et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Disruption of aCAROTENOID CLEAVAGE DIOXYGENASE 4gene converts flower colour from white to yellow inBrassicaspecies

(2015) Bao Zhang et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Expression Profile of Carotenoid Cleavage Dioxygenase Genes in Summer Squash (Cucurbita pepo L.)

(2015) Clara I. González-Verdejo et al.   PLANT FOODS FOR HUMAN NUTRITION

Substrate tunnels in enzymes: Structure-function relationships and computational methodology

(2015) Laura J. Kingsley et al.   PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS

Carotenoid metabolism and regulation in horticultural crops

(2015) Hui Yuan et al.   Horticulture Research

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

New target carotenoids for CCD4 enzymes are revealed with the characterization of a novel stress-induced carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase gene from Crocus sativus

(2014) Angela Rubio-Moraga et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

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

Potential Role of Carotenoids as Antioxidants in Human Health and Disease

(2014) Joanna Fiedor et al.   Nutrients

Structural basis of carotenoid cleavage: From bacteria to mammals

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

Protein–ligand binding site recognition using complementary binding-specific substructure comparison and sequence profile alignment

(2013) Jianyi Yang et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Functional characterisation of three members of the Vitis vinifera L. carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase gene family

(2013) Justin G Lashbrooke et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Molecular Characterization of Carotenoid Cleavage Dioxygenases and the Effect of Gibberellin, Abscisic Acid, and Sodium Chloride on the Expression of Genes Involved in the Carotenoid Biosynthetic Pathway and Carotenoid Accumulation in the Callus of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi

(2013) Pham Anh Tuan et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

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

MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0

(2013) Koichiro Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

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

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

GoldenBraid 2.0: A Comprehensive DNA Assembly Framework for Plant Synthetic Biology

(2013) A. Sarrion-Perdigones 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

Crocins with High Levels of Sugar Conjugation Contribute to the Yellow Colours of Early-Spring Flowering Crocus Tepals

(2013) Angela Rubio Moraga et al.   PLoS One

Carotenoids, versatile components of oxygenic photosynthesis

(2013) Ildikó Domonkos et al.   PROGRESS IN LIPID RESEARCH

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

(2012) Mai Nagatoshi et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Diversity of Carotenoid Composition in Flower Petals

(2012) Akemi OHMIYA   JARQ-JAPAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH QUARTERLY

Structure of RPE65 isomerase in a lipidic matrix reveals roles for phospholipids and iron in catalysis

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

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

Carotenoids and their cleavage products: Biosynthesis and functions

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

Enzymatic formation of apo-carotenoids from the xanthophyll carotenoids lutein, zeaxanthin and β-cryptoxanthin by ferret carotene-9′,10′-monooxygenase

(2010) Jonathan R. Mein et al.   ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS

The Mycobacterium tuberculosis ORF Rv0654 encodes a carotenoid oxygenase mediating central and excentric cleavage of conventional and aromatic carotenoids

(2010) Daniel Scherzinger et al.   FEBS Journal

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

Crocetin from the tubular calyx ofNyctanthes arbor-tristis

(2010) Chhaya Gadgoli et al.   NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH

Structural Insights into Maize Viviparous14, a Key Enzyme in the Biosynthesis of the Phytohormone Abscisic Acid

(2010) Simon A.J. Messing et al.   PLANT CELL

The Metabolic and Developmental Roles of Carotenoid Cleavage Dioxygenase4 from Potato

(2010) R. Campbell et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Simple and efficient site-directed mutagenesis using two single-primer reactions in parallel to generate mutants for protein structure-function studies

(2009) Oded Edelheit et al.   BMC BIOTECHNOLOGY

Cloning and functional characterization of carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 4 genes

(2009) Fong-Chin Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Metabolite and target transcript analyses during Crocus sativus stigma development

(2009) Ángela Rubio Moraga et al.   PHYTOCHEMISTRY

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

The Role of Aromatic Phenylalanine Residues in Binding Carotenoid to Light-Harvesting Model and Wild-Type Complexes

(2008) A. García-Martín et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

NinaB combines carotenoid oxygenase and retinoid isomerase activity in a single polypeptide

(2008) V. Oberhauser et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA