[EN] Carotenoids are lipophilic plastidial isoprenoids highly valued as nutrients and natural pigments. A correct balance of chlorophylls and carotenoids is required for photosynthesis and therefore highly regulated, making ...
[EN] Plants can be engineered to sustainably produce compounds of nutritional, industrial or pharmaceutical relevance. This is, however, a challenging task as extensive regulation of biosynthetic pathways often hampers ...
Llorente, Briardo; Torres-Montilla, Salvador; Morelli, Luca; Florez-Sarasa, Igor; Matus, José Tomás; Ezquerro, Miguel; D'Andrea, Lucio; Houhou, Fakhreddine; Majer, Eszter; Picó Sirvent, María Belén; Cebolla Cornejo, Jaime; Troncoso, Adrian; Fernie, Alisdair R.; Daròs, José-Antonio; Rodriguez-Concepcion, Manuel(Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020-09-01)
[EN] Plastids, the defining organelles of plant cells, undergo physiological and morphological changes to fulfill distinct biological functions. In particular, the differentiation of chloroplasts into chromoplasts results ...