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Review | Open Access

Plant carotenoids: recent advances and future perspectives

Tianhu Sun1,2, Sombir Rao1,2, Xuesong Zhou1,3, Li Li1,2 ( )
Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics & Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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Abstract

Carotenoids are isoprenoid metabolites synthesized de novo in all photosynthetic organisms. Carotenoids are essential for plants with diverse functions in photosynthesis, photoprotection, pigmentation, phytohormone synthesis, and signaling. They are also critically important for humans as precursors of vitamin A synthesis and as dietary antioxidants. The vital roles of carotenoids to plants and humans have prompted significant progress toward our understanding of carotenoid metabolism and regulation. New regulators and novel roles of carotenoid metabolites are continuously revealed. This review focuses on current status of carotenoid metabolism and highlights recent advances in comprehension of the intrinsic and multi-dimensional regulation of carotenoid accumulation. We also discuss the functional evolution of carotenoids, the agricultural and horticultural application, and some key areas for future research.

Keywords

MetabolismRegulationCarotenoidsAccumulationFunctional evolution

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DOI: 10.1186/s43897-022-00023-2
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Sun T, Rao S, Zhou X, et al. Plant carotenoids: recent advances and future perspectives. Molecular Horticulture, 2022, 2(1): 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43897-022-00023-2

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