ReviewFrontiers in plant science2016
Evolutionary Recycling of Light Signaling Components in Fleshy Fruits: New Insights on the Role of Pigments to Monitor Ripening.
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- CRY1-GAIP1 complex mediates blue light to hinder the repression of PIF5 on AGL5 to promote carotenoid biosynthesis in mango fruit.Plant biotechnology journal · 2025Article
- Manipulating the Light Systemic Signal HY5 Greatly Improve Fruit Quality in Tomato.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Red LED light accelerates capsanthin accumulation and fruit ripening in pre-harvest pepper (Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Recent Advances in Studying the Regulation of Fruit Ripening in Tomato Using Genetic Engineering Approaches.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Growing in red: impact of different light spectra and lighting conditions on lentil microgreens growth in vertical farming.Frontiers in plant science · 2024Article
- Understanding the mechanism of red light-induced melatonin biosynthesis facilitates the engineering of melatonin-enriched tomatoes.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Fruit Photosynthesis: More to Know about Where, How and Why.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Elevated carbon assimilation and metabolic reprogramming in tomato high pigment mutants support the increased production of pigments.Plant cell reports · 2022Article
- Light Induces Carotenoid Biosynthesis-Related Gene Expression, Accumulation of Pigment Content, and Expression of the Small Heat Shock Protein in Apple Fruit.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- ClZISO mutation leads to photosensitive flesh in watermelon.TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik · 2022Review
- Metabolomic and transcriptomic analyses reveal new insights into the role of abscisic acid in modulating mango fruit ripening.Horticulture research · 2022Article
- The chloroplast-associated protein degradation pathway controls chromoplast development and fruit ripening in tomato.Nature plants · 2021Article
- NMR-Based Tissular and Developmental Metabolomics of Tomato Fruit.Metabolites · 2019Article
- Light Regulation of Carotenoid Biosynthesis in the Peel of Mandarin and Sweet Orange Fruits.Frontiers in plant science · 2019Article
- Dynamic metabolic solutions to the sessile life style of plants.Natural product reports · 2018Review
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- Fruit-localized phytochromes regulate plastid biogenesis, starch synthesis, and carotenoid metabolism in tomato.Journal of experimental botany · 2018Article
- Interference with Clp protease impairs carotenoid accumulation during tomato fruit ripening.Journal of experimental botany · 2018Article
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Abstract
Besides an essential source of energy, light provides environmental information to plants. Photosensory pathways are thought to have occurred early in plant evolution, probably at the time of the Archaeplastida ancestor, or perhaps even earlier. Manipulation of individual components of light perception and signaling networks in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) affects the metabolism of ripening fruit at several levels. Most strikingly, recent experiments have shown that some of the molecular mechanisms originally devoted to sense and respond to environmental light cues have been re-adapted during evolution to provide plants with useful information on fruit ripening progression. In particular, the presence of chlorophylls in green fruit can strongly influence the spectral composition of the light filtered through the fruit pericarp. The concomitant changes in light quality can be perceived and transduced by phytochromes (PHYs) and PHY-interacting factors, respectively, to regulate gene expression and in turn modulate the production of carotenoids, a family of metabolites that are relevant for the final pigmentation of ripe fruits. We raise the hypothesis that the evolutionary recycling of light-signaling components to finely adjust pigmentation to the actual ripening stage of the fruit may have represented a selective advantage for primeval fleshy-fruited plants even before the extinction of dinosaurs.
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