A tomato B-box protein SlBBX20 modulates carotenoid biosynthesis by directly activating PHYTOENE SYNTHASE 1, and is targeted for 26S proteasome-mediated degradation

New Phytologist

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 279-294

  Xiong, Cheng ^a   Luo, Dan ^a   Lin, Aihua ^a   Zhang, Chunli ^a   Shan, Libo ^b   He, Ping ^b   Li, Bo ^b   Zhang, Qiaomei ^a   Hua, Bin ^a   Yuan, Zilv ^a   Li, Hanxia ^a   Zhang, Junhong ^a   Yang, Changxian ^a   Lu, Yongen ^a   Ye, Zhibiao ^a   Wang, Taotao ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carotenoid; CUL4 DDB1 DET1 complex; PSY1; SlBBX20; tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CAROTENOID; DEGRADATION; DICOTYLEDON; ENZYME; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; PROTEIN; SUBSTRATE;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

ATP DEPENDENT 26S PROTEASE; CAROTENOID; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; PLANT PROTEIN; PROTEASOME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CHLOROPLAST; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; UBIQUITINATION;

CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPLASTS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERANYLGERANYL-DIPHOSPHATE GERANYLGERANYLTRANSFERASE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 85052700821     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.15373     Document Type: Article

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