Acknowledgments
This work was supported by base line funding and a Competitive
Research Grant (CRG4) given to Salim Al-Babili from the King
Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
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Chem 66:1041–1046
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Annu Rev Plant Physiol Plant Mol Biol
47:655–684
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Xanthophylls of the major photosynthetic
light-harvesting complex of plants: identification, conformation and dynamics. FEBS Lett
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dynamics of carotenoid excited statesÀfrom
solution to natural and artificial systems.
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Mechanistic aspects of carotenoid biosynthesis.
Chem Rev 114:164–193
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(2015) Carotenoid metabolism in plants. Mol
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(1996) Carotenoids 3: in vivo function of carotenoids in higher plants. 3rd. FASEB J
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the xanthophyll cycle in the regulation of photosynthetic energy conversion. Plant Cell
10:1121–1134
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quenching
in
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A 95:13324–13329
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xanthophyll cycle and of lutein in photoprotection of photosystem II. BBA-Bioenergetics
1817:182–193
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Hienerwadel R, Bassi R (2013) Chlorophyll
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higher plant monomeric antenna protein
Lhcb5. J Phys Chem B 117:11337–11348
16. Hirschberg J (2001) Carotenoid biosynthesis
in flowering plants. Curr Opin Plant Biol
4:210–218
17. Maresca JA, Graham JE, Bryant DA (2008)
The biochemical basis for structural diversity
in the carotenoids of chlorophototrophic bacteria. Photosynth Res 97:121–140
18. Parry AD, Horgan R (1991) Carotenoids and
abscisic acid (ABA) biosynthesis in higher
plants. Physiol Plant 82:320–326
19. Schwartz
SH,
Leon-Kloosterziel
KM,
Koornneef M, Zeevaart JA (1997) Biochemical
characterization of the aba2 and aba3 mutants
in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiol
114:161–166
20. Nambara E, Marion-Poll A (2005) Abscisic
acid biosynthesis and catabolism. Annu Rev
Plant Biol 56:165–185
21. Abuauf H, Haider I, Jia KP, Ablazov A, Mi J,
Blilou I, Al-Babili S (2018) The Arabidopsis
DWARF27 gene encodes an all-transÀ/9cis-β-carotene isomerase and is induced by
auxin, abscisic acid and phosphate deficiency.
Plant Sci 277:33–44
22. Xie X, Yoneyama K, Yoneyama K (2010) The
strigolactone story. Annu Rev Phytopathol
48:93–117
23. Alder A, Jamil M, Marzorati M, Bruno M,
Vermathen M, Bigler P et al (2012) The path
from β-carotene to carlactone, a strigolactonelike plant hormone. Science 335:1348–1351
186
Jianing Mi et al.
This work was supported by base line funding and a Competitive
Research Grant (CRG4) given to Salim Al-Babili from the King
Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).
References
1. Cogdell BJ, Gillbro T, Andersson PO, Liu
RSH, Asato AE (1994) Carotenoids as accessory light-harvesting pigments. Pure Appl
Chem 66:1041–1046
2. Horton P, Ruban AV, Walters RG (1996) Regulation of light harvesting in green plants.
Annu Rev Plant Physiol Plant Mol Biol
47:655–684
3. Ruban AV, Pascal AA, Robert B (2000)
Xanthophylls of the major photosynthetic
light-harvesting complex of plants: identification, conformation and dynamics. FEBS Lett
477:181–185
4. Polı ´vka T, Sundstro ¨m V (2004) Ultrafast
dynamics of carotenoid excited statesÀfrom
solution to natural and artificial systems.
Chem Rev 104:2021–2072
5. Fraser PD, Bramley PM (2004) The biosynthesis and nutritional uses of carotenoids. Prog
Lipid Res 43:228–265
6. Polı ´vka T, Frank HA (2010) Molecular factors
controlling photosynthetic light harvesting by
carotenoids. Acc Chem Res 43:1125–1134
7. Mendes-Pinto MM, Galzerano D, Telfer A,
Pascal AA, Robert B, Ilioaia C (2013) Mechanisms underlying carotenoid absorption in oxygenic photosynthetic proteins. J Biol Chem
288:18758–18765
8. Moise AR, Al-Babili S, Wurtzel ET (2014)
Mechanistic aspects of carotenoid biosynthesis.
Chem Rev 114:164–193
9. Nisar N, Li L, Lu S, Khin NC, Pogson BJ
(2015) Carotenoid metabolism in plants. Mol
Plant 8:68–82
10. Demmig-Adams B, Gilmore AM, Adams WW
(1996) Carotenoids 3: in vivo function of carotenoids in higher plants. 3rd. FASEB J
10:403–412
11. Niyogi KK, Grossman AR, Bjorkman O (1998)
Arabidopsis mutants define a central role for
the xanthophyll cycle in the regulation of photosynthetic energy conversion. Plant Cell
10:1121–1134
12. Pogson BJ, Niyogi KK, Bjorkman O, DellaPenna D (1998) Altered xanthophyll compositions adversely affect chlorophyll accumulation
and
nonphotochemical
quenching
in
Arabidopsis mutants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S
A 95:13324–13329
13. Barber J, Anderson JM, Telfer A (2002) What
is β-carotene doing in the photosystem II reaction Centre? Phil Trans R Soc Lond B
357:1431–1440
14. Jahns P, Holzwarth AR (2012) The role of the
xanthophyll cycle and of lutein in photoprotection of photosystem II. BBA-Bioenergetics
1817:182–193
15. Ballottari M, Mozzo M, Girardon J,
Hienerwadel R, Bassi R (2013) Chlorophyll
triplet quenching and photoprotection in the
higher plant monomeric antenna protein
Lhcb5. J Phys Chem B 117:11337–11348
16. Hirschberg J (2001) Carotenoid biosynthesis
in flowering plants. Curr Opin Plant Biol
4:210–218
17. Maresca JA, Graham JE, Bryant DA (2008)
The biochemical basis for structural diversity
in the carotenoids of chlorophototrophic bacteria. Photosynth Res 97:121–140
18. Parry AD, Horgan R (1991) Carotenoids and
abscisic acid (ABA) biosynthesis in higher
plants. Physiol Plant 82:320–326
19. Schwartz
SH,
Leon-Kloosterziel
KM,
Koornneef M, Zeevaart JA (1997) Biochemical
characterization of the aba2 and aba3 mutants
in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiol
114:161–166
20. Nambara E, Marion-Poll A (2005) Abscisic
acid biosynthesis and catabolism. Annu Rev
Plant Biol 56:165–185
21. Abuauf H, Haider I, Jia KP, Ablazov A, Mi J,
Blilou I, Al-Babili S (2018) The Arabidopsis
DWARF27 gene encodes an all-transÀ/9cis-β-carotene isomerase and is induced by
auxin, abscisic acid and phosphate deficiency.
Plant Sci 277:33–44
22. Xie X, Yoneyama K, Yoneyama K (2010) The
strigolactone story. Annu Rev Phytopathol
48:93–117
23. Alder A, Jamil M, Marzorati M, Bruno M,
Vermathen M, Bigler P et al (2012) The path
from β-carotene to carlactone, a strigolactonelike plant hormone. Science 335:1348–1351
186
Jianing Mi et al.