Carotenoid Biosynthetic Pathway
Overview
This Carotenoid Biosynthetic Pathway in Peppers (Capsicum annum)
Carotenoid Biosynthetic Pathway
This resource illustrates a summary of the carotenoids biosynthesis pathway in peppers (Capsicum annuum) based on information from the following articles:
- Rodriguez-Uribe, L., Guzman, I., Rajapakse, W., Richins, R.D., O’Connell, M.A. (2012). Carotenoid accumulation in orange-pigmented Capsicum annum fruit, regulated at multiple levels. J Exp Bot63(1):517-526. doi:10.1093/jxb/err302
- Yuan, H., Zhang, J., Nageswaran, D., &Li, L. (2015). Carotenoid metabolism and regulation in horticultural crops. Hortic Res 2: 15036. doi: 1038/hortres.2015.36