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

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 86, Issue 4-5, 2014, Pages 555-569

  Rubio Moraga, Angela ^a   Rambla, José Luis ^b   Fernández De Carmen, Asun ^b   Trapero Mozos, Almudena ^a   Ahrazem, Oussama ^a,c   Orzáez, Diego ^b   Granell, Antonio ^b   Gómez Gómez, Lourdes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c Fundacion Parque Cientifico y Tecnologico de Albacete   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apocarotenoids; Carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases; Saffron; Stigmas; Stress

Indexed keywords

CROCUS; CROCUS SATIVUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA BENTHAMIANA;

ALDEHYDE; BETA CAROTENE; BETA-CYCLOCITRAL; BETA-IONONE; CAROTENOID; DIOXYGENASE; DITERPENE; ISOENZYME; NEOXANTHIN; NORISOPRENOID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VIOLAXANTHIN; XANTHOPHYLL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLASSIFICATION; CROCUS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEAT; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALDEHYDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; CROCUS; DIOXYGENASES; DITERPENES; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOT TEMPERATURE; ISOENZYMES; LUTEIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NORISOPRENOIDS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TOBACCO; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84919905646     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: 15735028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-014-0250-5     Document Type: Article

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