ReviewBMC plant biology2025
Diversity and ecological functions of anthocyanins.
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- Anthocyanins and betalains in evolution: Why mutual exclusion remains the best-supported model.Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) · 2026Review
- Integrated Transcriptomic and Biochemical Profiling Reveals the Regulatory Mechanism of Light Intensity-Induced Anthocyanin Biosynthesis in a Purple-Leaf Tea Cultivar.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Molecular Mechanisms and Regulation of Anthocyanin Biosynthesis in Rosaceae Fruits: A Review.Food science & nutrition · 2026Review
- Out of the blue: family-wide loss of anthocyanin biosynthesis in Cucurbitaceae.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2026Article
- Genetic and Transcriptomic Analyses of the Purple Coloration Trait in the Inbred Line 7A01 ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Tomato Leaf Color Diversity as a Functional Trait: Molecular Mechanisms, Physiological Significance, and Environmental Responses.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Adaptive genomic evolution and WD40-regulated temporal dynamics of anthocyanins support leaf photoplasticity in Parrotia subaequalis.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Optical detection of pigment contents in leaves: intercomparison of several handheld devices.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2026Article
- Adaptive Mechanisms of White-Flowered Alfalfa (Biology · 2026Article
- Comprehensive review of biosynthesis, plant function, metabolism and new therapeutic bioactivities of flavonoids.ADMET & DMPK · 2026Review
- CoExpPhylo - a novel pipeline for biosynthesis gene discovery.BMC genomics · 2025Article
- Transcontinental patterns in floral pigment abundance among animal-pollinated species.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
Anthocyanins are well known as colorants of flowers, but many other invisible functions might have been more important during the evolution of complex biosynthesis networks in plants. The number of anthocyanin decorating enzymes, the subtle control of structural genes by numerous transcription factors, and routes of intracellular anthocyanin transport are reviewed here. Various ecological functions of anthocyanins hold the key to understanding evolutionary trajectories that lead to the success of these pigments. Proposed functions include carbon sinks that prevent excessive sugar levels, sun blockers protecting the photosynthesis apparatus, antioxidants scavenging reactive oxygen species, providing camouflage, and attraction of pollinators and seed dispersers. Anthocyanins clearly fulfill different functions in different plant organs. It is currently believed that protective functions in leaves gave rise to the biosynthesis network and that flower and fruit coloration evolved later. Despite decades of research on the anthocyanin biosynthesis, there is still substantial potential for fundamental discoveries.
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