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The biochemistry and molecular biology of chlorophyll breakdown

B. Kuai Junyi Chen S. Hörtensteiner

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Chlorophyll breakdown is one of the most obvious signs of leaf senescence and fruit ripening. The resulting yellowing of leaves can be observed every autumn, and the color change of fruits indicates their ripening state. During these processes, chlorophyll is broken down in a multistep pathway, now termed the 'PAO/phyllobilin' pathway, acknowledging the core enzymatic breakdown step catalysed by pheophorbide a oxygenase, which determines the basic linear tetrapyrrole structure of the products of breakdown that are now called 'phyllobilins'. This review provides an update on the PAO/phyllobilin pathway, and focuses on recent biochemical and molecular progress in understanding phyllobilin-modifying reactions as the basis for phyllobilin diversity, on the evolutionary diversity of the pathway, and on the transcriptional regulation of the pathway genes.

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Chemistry Medicine

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B. Kuai

Junyi Chen

S. Hörtensteiner

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Kuai, B., Chen, J., Hörtensteiner, S. (2018). The biochemistry and molecular biology of chlorophyll breakdown. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erx322

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Tahun Terbit: 2018
Bahasa: en
Total Sitasi: 241×
Sumber Database: Semantic Scholar
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx322
Akses: Open Access ✓