Biosynthesis of carotenes in higher plants

Chemistry and biochemistry of plant pigments

1976 • 3,086 citations

The biochemistry of fruits and their products

1970 • 1,685 citations

Single Gene Mutations in Tomato Plants Regenerated from Tissue Culture

1983 • 1,079 citations

Regulation of HMG-CoA Reductase

1976 • 743 citations

Biochemistry of Chloroplasts

1968 • 602 citations

Biosynthesis of isoprenoid compounds

1982 • 561 citations

Biochemistry of the violaxanthin cycle in higher plants

1979 • 375 citations

Biosynthesis of carotenoids

1993 • 278 citations

Advances in the Biochemistry and Physiology of Plant Lipids

1980 • 269 citations

The comparative biochemistry of the carotenoids

1953 • 265 citations

Violaxanthin de-epoxidase

1978 • 223 citations

Biogenesis and function of plant lipids

1981 • 218 citations

The comparative biochemistry of the carotenoids

1952 • 175 citations

The nature and biosynthesis of the carotenoids of different colour varieties of capsicum annuum

1970 • 161 citations

Cis-trãns Isomeric Carotenoids Vitamins A and Arylpolyenes

1962 • 151 citations

Properties of NADPH and oxygen-dependent zeaxanthin epoxidation in isolated chloroplasts

1975 • 136 citations

Biosynthesis of C20-carotenoids in Crocus sativus

1982 • 134 citations

Inhibition of carotenoid biosynthesis by the herbicide SAN 9789 and its consequences for the action of phytochrome on plastogenesis

1979 • 117 citations

Lycopene Accumulation Induced by 2-(4-Chlorophenylthio)-Triethylamine Hydrochloride

1970 • 105 citations

Prolycopene, a Naturally Occuring Stereoisomer of Lycopene

1941 • 95 citations

Studies in carotenogenesis. 25. The incorporation of 14CO2, [2-14C]acetate and [2-14C]mevalonate into β-carotene by illuminated etiolated maize seedlings

1958 • 95 citations

Biosynthesis of carotenoids and plant triterpenes. The fifth ciba medal lecture

1971 • 93 citations

Neuere Ergebnisse der Carotinoidforschung

1960 • 91 citations

Lycopersicon selections containing a high content of carotenes and colorless polyenes; the mechanism of carotene biosynthesis.

1950 • 89 citations

Farnesylpyrophosphate synthetase. A stepwise mechanism for the 1'-4 condensation reaction

1981 • 89 citations

Red Pepper Carotenoids, The Carotenoids of Red Bell Peppers

1962 • 88 citations

Stereochemistry of phytoene

1972 • 87 citations

A new inhibitor of carotenoid synthesis in higher plants: 4-Chloro-5-(dimethylamino)-2-α,α,α, (trifluoro-m-tolyl)-3(2H)-pyridazinone (Sandoz 6706)

1972 • 85 citations

The Xanthophyll Cycle in Higher Plants

1977 • 84 citations

Die reversiblen, lichtabhängigen Xanthophyllumwandlungen im Chloroplasten

1975 • 83 citations

[244] Biosynthesis of carotenoids

1971 • 83 citations

Site of synthesis of geranylgeraniol derivatives in intact spinach chloroplasts

1980 • 83 citations

Light-induced de-epoxidation of violaxanthin in lettuce chloroplasts. III. Reaction kinetics and effect of light intensity on de-epoxidase activity and substrate availability

1974 • 82 citations

The enzymatic synthesis of geranyl geranyl pyrophosphate by enzymes of carrot root and pig liver

1964 • 82 citations

The biosynthesis of carotenes

1962 • 82 citations

The biosynthesis of phytoene and other carotenes by enzymes of isolated higher plant plastids

1962 • 81 citations

Biosynthesis of kaurene, squalene and phytoene from mevalonate-2-14C in a cell-free system from pea fruits

1968 • 81 citations

Free and esterified carotenoids in green and red fruits of Capsicum annuum

1978 • 78 citations

The site of carotenogenic enzymes in chromoplasts from Narcissus pseudonarcissus L.

1982 • 78 citations

The Conversion of Phytoene-14C to Acyclic, Monocyclic, and Dicyclic Carotenes and the Conversion of Lycopene-15,15'-3H to Mono- and Dicyclic Carotenes by Soluble Enzyme Systems Obtained from Plastids of Tomato Fruits

1970 • 73 citations

Function of Carotenoids in Chlorophyll-Containing Organs

1956 • 71 citations

The Conversion of Lycopene-15,15′-3H to Cyclic Carotenes by Soluble Extracts of Higher Plant Plastids

1969 • 69 citations

Carotene epoxides of Lycopersicon esculentum

1973 • 68 citations

Light-induced de-epoxidation of violaxanthin in lettuce chloroplasts IV. The effects of electron-transport conditions on violaxanthin availability

1975 • 67 citations

Sites of Biosynthesis of Carotenoids in Capsicum Chromoplasts

1982 • 67 citations

Carotenoid biosynthesis in Blakeslea trispora

1972 • 66 citations

Intracellular localization of mevalonate-activating enzymes in plant cells

1966 • 66 citations

?-Carotene synthesis in isolated chromoplasts from Narcissus pseudonarcissus

1980 • 65 citations

The biosynthesis of cyclic carotenes

1967 • 65 citations

Naturally occurring poly-cis carotenoids. Stereochemistry of poly-cis lycopene and its congeners in ‘Tangerine’ tomato fruits

1979 • 64 citations

The partial purification and properties of a phytoene synthesizing enzyme system

1977 • 64 citations

Later Reactions of Carotenoid Biosynthesis

1976 • 63 citations

Carotenoids

1955 • 63 citations

Light-induced Changes of the Carotenoid Levels in Chloroplast Envelopes

1978 • 63 citations

Biosynthesis of phytoene from isopentenyl and farnesyl pyrophosphates by a partially purified tomato enzyme system

1967 • 63 citations

Prephytoene pyrophosphate. New intermediate in the biosynthesis of carotenoids

1972 • 62 citations

Occurrence and biosynthesis of violaxanthin in isolated spinach chloroplast envelope

1979 • 62 citations

THE INHERITANCE OF CAROTENOID PIGMENT SYSTEMS IN THE TOMATO

1953 • 62 citations

Plastid 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase has distinctive kinetic and regulatory features: Properties of the enzyme and positive phytochrome control of activity in pea seedlings

1982 • 62 citations

Properties of microsomal 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase from Pisum sativum seedlings

1975 • 58 citations

Mevalonate-Kinase Isoenzymes in Plant Cells

1966 • 57 citations

CAROTENOIDS OF THE APRICOT TOMATO AND ITS HYBRIDS WITH YELLOW AND TANGERINE

1955 • 57 citations

Compartmentation of terpenoid biosynthesis in green plants. A proposed route of acetyl-coenzyme A synthesis in maize chloroplasts

1969 • 57 citations

NADPH and oxygen-dependent epoxidation of zeaxanthin in isolated chloroplasts

1975 • 56 citations

Subcellular localization of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase in Pisum sativum seedlings

1975 • 56 citations

The configuration of phytoene

1965 • 55 citations

Regulation of microsomal 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase from pea seedlings: Rapid posttranslational phytochrome-mediated decrease in activity and in vivo regulation by isoprenoid products

1979 • 54 citations

The effect of red and far-red light on carotenoid synthesis by etiolated maize seedlings

1962 • 54 citations

Isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase and prenyltransferase from tomato fruit plastids

1984 • 53 citations

Phytoene synthase and phytoene dehydrogenase associated with envelope membranes from spinach chloroplasts

1982 • 52 citations

Ver�nderung der Lichtabsorption eines Carotinoids im Enzym (De-epoxidase)-Substrat(Violaxanthin)-Komplex

1970 • 51 citations

Mevalonate kinase in green leaves and etiolated cotyledons of the French bean Phaseolus vulgaris

1973 • 49 citations

Terpenoid Metabolism in Plastids

1983 • 48 citations

Regulation of cytosolic HMG-CoA reductase activity in pea seedlings: Contrasting responses to different hormones, and hormone-product interaction, suggest hormonal modulation of activity

1982 • 47 citations

Induced color changes in grapefruit and orange

1972 • 47 citations

β-Citraurin epoxide, a new carotenoid from valencia orange peel

1980 • 47 citations

Biosynthesis of terpenes

1963 • 47 citations

Carotenoids and related compounds. Part XV. The structure and synthesis of phytoene, phytofluene, ζ-carotene, and neurosporene

1966 • 47 citations

Das Carotinoidspektrum der Hagebutten von Rosa pomifera: Nachweis von (5Z)‐Neurosporin; Synthese von (3R, 15Z)‐Rubixanthin

1983 • 46 citations

The occurrence and some properties of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase in sweet potato roots infected by Ceratocystis fimbriata

1975 • 45 citations

THE EFFECT OF RED AND FAR RED LIGHT ON CAROTENOID AND CHLOROPHYLL FORMATION IN PEA SEEDLINGS

1964 • 44 citations

Tentative rules for the nomenclature of carotenoids

1971 • 44 citations

THE PHYTOENE CONTENT OF TOMATOES

1956 • 43 citations

MODIFICATION AND DOMINANCE OF THE GENE GOVERNING FORMATION OF HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF BETA-CAROTENE IN THE TOMATO

1954 • 43 citations

The effect of 2-(4-chlorophenylthio)-triethylamine hydrochloride on the formation of carotenoids in citrus

1971 • 42 citations

Interference in Carotenogenesis as a Mechanism of Action of the Pyridazinone Herbicide Sandoz 6706

1974 • 40 citations

Farnesylpyrophosphate synthetase. Evidence for a rigid geranyl cation-pyrophosphate anion pair

1981 • 38 citations

Conversion of 14c-labeled geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate to phytoene by a soluble tomato plastid enzyme system

1968 • 38 citations

Biosynthesis

1971 • 38 citations

Enzymatic synthesis of carotenes

1979 • 37 citations

CAROTENOIDS AND HERBICIDE ACTION

1982 • 37 citations

Chemical Regulation of Plastid Development. II.* Effect of CPTA on the Ultrastructure and Carotenoid Composition of Chromoplasts of Capsicum annuum Cultivars

1974 • 37 citations

Eine enzymatische Isomerisierung von Lycopin und β-Carotin

1961 • 37 citations

The enzymatic conversion of cis-[14C]phytofluene, trans-[14C]phytofluene, and trans-ζ-[14C]carotene to more unsaturated acyclic, monocyclic, and dicyclic carotenes by a cell-free preparation of red tomato fruits

1974 • 37 citations

Carotenoids and related compounds. Part XXX. Stereochemistry and synthesis of phytoene

1975 • 37 citations

The structure of phytoene

1956 • 37 citations

Carotenoids of Lilies and of Red Pepper: Biogenesis of Capsanthin and Capsorubin

1977 • 36 citations

Biosynthesis of plastoquinone and β-carotene in isolated chloroplasts

1976 • 36 citations

Studies in carotenogenesis. 25. The incorporation of [1−14C]acetate, [2−14C]acetate and 14CO2 into lycopene by tomato slices

1960 • 36 citations

Beweis der absoluten Konfiguration der Xanthophyll‐5, 6‐epoxide (Luteinepoxide)

1974 • 36 citations

The occurrence of phytoene 1,2-oxide and related carotenoids in tomatoes

1969 • 35 citations

Chloroplast Autonomy in Acetyl-Coenzyme-A-Formation and Terpenoid Biosynthesis

1980 • 35 citations

Genetics and regulation of carotene biosynthesis

1979 • 35 citations

The enzymatic conversion of cis-[14C]phytofluene, trans-[14C]phytofluene, and trans-ζ-[14C]carotene to poly-cis-acyclic carotenes by a cell-free preparation of tangerine tomato fruit plastids

1974 • 34 citations

Occurrence

1971 • 32 citations

Prolycopene

1942 • 32 citations

Enzymatic conversion of isopentenyl pyrophosphate-4-14C and phytoene-14C to acyclic carotenes by an ammonium sulfate-precipitated spinach enzyme system

1970 • 31 citations

Biosynthesis of xanthophylis in higher plants: stereochemistry of hydroxylation at C-3

1969 • 31 citations

Biosynthesis of Prelycopersene Pyrophosphate and Lycopersene by Squalene Synthetase

1973 • 31 citations

THE FRUIT OF PYRACANTHA ANGUSTIFOLIA: A PRACTICAL SOURCE OF PRO-γ-CAROTENE AND PROLYCOPENE

1942 • 30 citations

Terpenoid biosynthesis by chloroplasts isolated in organic solvents

1974 • 30 citations

Induction of carotenogenesis in cultured cells of Lycopersicon esculentum

1983 • 29 citations

Carotenoid biosynthesis in vitro conversion of antheraxanthin to capsanthin by a chromoplast enriched fraction of Capsicum fruits

1981 • 29 citations

Adenosine 5′-triphosphate stimulation of the activity of a partially purified phytoene synthetase complex

1975 • 28 citations

Effect of CPTA and cycocel on the biosynthesis of carotenoids by Phycomyces blakesleeanus mutants

1973 • 28 citations

Conversion of lycopene to β-carotene by plastids isolated from higher plants

1971 • 28 citations

Studies in carotenogenesis. 27. Incorporation of [2−14C]acetate, <scp>dl</scp>-[2−14C]mevalonate and 14CO2 into carrot-root preparations

1960 • 27 citations

The Effect of PS II Herbicides, Amitrol and SAN 6706 on the Activity of 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme-A-reductase and the Incorporation of [2-¹⁴C]Acetate and [2-³H]Mevalonate into Chloroplast Pigments of Radish Seedlings

1979 • 27 citations

Incorporation of Δ3-lsopentenyl pyrophosphate into lycopene in tomato homogenate

1962 • 27 citations

Enzymatic synthesis of carotenes and related compounds

1969 • 27 citations

Carotenoid Differences in Tomatoes

1952 • 27 citations

The isolation of a poly-cis ζ-carotene from the Tangerine tomato

1972 • 26 citations

Terpenoid Metabolism in Plastids

1984 • 26 citations

Mevalonate-activating enzymes in the orange

1970 • 26 citations

Lists of Natural Carotenoids

1971 • 26 citations

Biosynthesis of keto‐carotenoids in Capsicum annum fruits

1980 • 26 citations

Enzymatic synthesis of carotenes by cell-free preparations of fruit of several genetic selections of tomatoes

1973 • 26 citations

The isolation, purification, and characterization of cis-ζ-carotene and the demonstration of its conversion to acyclic, monocyclic, and dicyclic carotenes by a soluble enzyme system obtained from the plastids of tangerine tomato fruits

1974 • 25 citations

Citrus carotenoids-VIII.

1968 • 24 citations

Accumulation of lycopene in detached cotyledons of pumpkin

1969 • 22 citations

Stereochemistry of Naturally Occurring Carotenoids

1980 • 22 citations

Solved and unsolved problems of carotenoid formation

1979 • 22 citations

Carotenoids

1952 • 21 citations

Nomenclature of carotenoids. (Recommendations 1974)

1975 • 21 citations

Biosynthesis of carotenoids by Phycomyces blakesleeanus mutants in the presence of nitrogenous heterocyclic compounds

1973 • 21 citations

Prolycopene, a tetra-cis carotene with two hindered cis double bonds

1979 • 21 citations

Mechanism for the induction of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase in HgCl&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt;-treated sweet potaso root tissue

1979 • 21 citations

ChemInform Abstract: ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS OF CAROTENES

1979 • 20 citations

Mevalonate-activating enzymes in greening tissue cultures

1970 • 20 citations

Nicotine inhibition of carotenoid cyclization in Cucurbita ficifolia cotyledons

1974 • 20 citations

Carotenoids of higher plants-I the structures of lycoxanthin and lycophyll

1968 • 20 citations

Chemical induction of β-carotene biosynthesis

1977 • 19 citations

Incorporation of citral-C14 and geraniol-C14 into β-carotene in carrot root slices; interconversion of citral and geraniol in carrot root slices and by alcohol dehydrogenase

1962 • 18 citations

Fine Structure and Carotenoid Composition of the Fibrillar Chromoplasts of Asparagus officinalis L.

1977 • 18 citations

New chemical inducers of carotenoid biosynthesis

1973 • 18 citations

Konstitution und Konfiguration von Capsanthin und Capsorubin

1961 • 17 citations

Pigment synthesis in Cucurbita moschata cotyledons as influenced by CPTA and several inhibitors

1975 • 17 citations

Isolation of two fractions with mevalonate kinase activity from Pinus pinaster and Agave americana

1973 • 17 citations

Violaxanthin, the major carotenoid pigment in Zea mays root cap during seed germination

1979 • 16 citations

Physico-chemical and synthetic studies on carotenoids

1979 • 16 citations

Effects of Ethephon and CPTA on Color Development of Tomato Fruits at High Temperatures1

1972 • 16 citations

Synthesis of β-Carotene in the Tomato Fruit

1958 • 16 citations

Lycopersene and Prelycopersene Pyrophosphate

1972 • 16 citations

Distribution of Chlorophylls, Carotenoids and Quinones in Chloroplasts of Higher Plants

1983 • 15 citations

The effect of CPTA analogs and other nitrogenous compounds on the biosynthesis of carotenoids in Phycomyces blakesleeanus mutants

1975 • 15 citations

Incorporation of <scp>dl</scp>-[2−14C]mevalonic acid lactone into β-carotene and the phytol side chain of chlorophyll in cotyledons of four species of pine seedlings

1967 • 15 citations

THE COMPETITIVE EFFECT OF THE BETA- AND DELTA-CAROTENE GENES ON ALPHA- OR BETA-IONONE RING FORMATION IN THE TOMATO

1967 • 15 citations

Carotenone formation in triphasia trifolia

1970 • 14 citations

CHEMICAL REGULATION OF CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS

1982 • 14 citations

DELTA-CAROTENE IN THE TOMATO

1969 • 14 citations

The structure of lycoxanthin and lycophyll

1968 • 13 citations

Homonuclear Overhauser¹H‐NMR. Experiments on the Carotenoid Pigments Lycopene and Prolycopene

1979 • 13 citations

On a cis-neurosporene ex Pyracantha and the in vitro stereoisomerization of neurosporene

1957 • 13 citations

[26] Enzymatic synthesis of phytoene

1985 • 13 citations

Citrus carotenoids. X. Triphasiaxanthin, a new carotenone

1970 • 13 citations

Synthetic regulators of carotenoid biosynthesis in Citrus paradisi

1976 • 12 citations

The biogenesis of carotenoids

1953 • 12 citations

Carotenoid biosynthesis in vitro conversion of violaxanthin to capsorubin by a chromoplast enriched fraction of capsicum fruits

1980 • 11 citations

Chemical induction of poly-cis carotenoid biosynthesis

1980 • 11 citations

Occurrence of carotenoids in non-plastidial materials from potato tuber cells

1976 • 11 citations

Effects of CPTA upon carotenogenesis and lipoidal constituents in Rhodotorula species

1974 • 10 citations

Chemical inducers of carotenogenesis

1975 • 10 citations

Incorporation of rβ-hydroxy-rβ-methylglutaric acid into carotenoids and other ether soluble compounds in maize seedlings

1972 • 9 citations

Effects of in vivo inhibitors of carotene biosynthesis on the synthesis of carotenes by a soluble tomato plastid enzyme system

1977 • 9 citations

Lycopene induction in <italic>Cucurbita moschata</italic> cotyledons by CPTA

1974 • 9 citations

Does the chloroplast envelope contain carotenoids and quinones in vivo?

1984 • 9 citations

Synthetic bioregulators of poly-cis carotenoid biosynthesis

1982 • 9 citations

Carotenogenesis in Verticillium agaricinum in response to nicotine and to CPTA.

1974 • 7 citations

IUPAC Commission on the Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry and IUPAC-IUB Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature: Tentative Rules for the Nomenclature of Carotenoids

1972 • 7 citations

Polyene resistant Candida albicans: a proposed nutritional influence.

1974 • 6 citations

EFFECT OF PHYTOCHROME ON THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF ACYCLIC AND CYCLIC CAROTENOIDS IN HIGHER PLANTS

1983 • 5 citations

Naturally Occurring cis and Polycis Carotenoids

1962 • 5 citations

Effects of Two Triethylamines on the Carotenogenesis of Turkish Lemons and Oranges

1978 • 4 citations

Biosynthesis of terpenoid alkaloids

1969 • 3 citations

Interconversion of Carotenoids and Quinones after Onset of Photosynthesis in Chloroplasts of Higher Plants

1983 • 3 citations