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Ajit Kumar

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• Review Article
  Metabolic Engineering of Carotenoid Pathways in Crop Plants
  Author(s): Tripti Tewari, Ajit Kumar and Preeti Chaturvedi Tripti Tewari, Ajit Kumar and Preeti Chaturvedi
  
  Carotenoids are plastid-synthesized and localized lipid-soluble C40 tetraterpenoids universally distributed in the plant kingdom. These widespread pigments are integral and essential components of photosynthesis. Carotenoids are essential for photoprotection of plants which functions during photosynthesis and serving as precursors for the biosynthesis of the abscisic acid (ABA). Carotenoids are also very significant nutraceutical components of the animal diet and serving as precursor of vitamin A. Both mevalonate dependent and independent pathways for the formation of isopentenyl diphosphate are known. Genes encoding enzymes required for the biosynthesis of carotenoids have been identified. Even though most of the carotenoid biosynthetic genes have been cloned and identified, some aspects of carotenoid formation and manipulation in higher plants especially remain poorly understood. Th.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-8936.1000119

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