Abstract
In plants, carotenoid accumulation and sequestration take place within chloroplasts and chromoplasts. In the chloroplast, practically all carotenoids are associated with chlorophyll-binding proteins, whereas chromoplasts have developed a unique mechanism to sequester carotenoids within specific lipoprotein structures. Recent research into the existence of a group of homologous genes that encode carotenoid-associated proteins that aid in the generation of carotenoid-lipoprotein structures in chromoplasts, offers a new framework for elucidating the carotenoid sequestration mechanism.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 232-235 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Trends in Plant Science |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| State | Published - 1 Jun 1999 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We thank Prof. B. Camara for providing part of Fig. 1 and Prof. E.B. Dumbroff for helpful discussions. Our work on carotenoid-associated proteins is supported by a grant from the Israeli Ministry of Science and Fine Arts, the Ministry of Absorption (to M.O.) and the Association of Israeli Flower Growers.