Discover Community Create You

Loading publication...

Noodle always counts identifier-free feature events for service operation. With your permission, Google Analytics can also estimate audience and engagement. Search text, publication identifiers, cookies, IP addresses and browser fingerprints are never included in Noodle's first-party event counters.

Privacy details

Article

Arabidopsis carotenoid mutants demonstrate that lutein is not essential for photosynthesis in higher plants.

The Plant cell - 1 Sept 1996

Pogson B, McDonald K A, Truong M, Britton G, DellaPenna D

Abstract excerpt

Lutein, a dihydroxy beta, epsilon-carotenoid, is the predominant carotenoid in photosynthetic plant tissue and plays a critical role in light-harvesting complex assembly and function. To further understand lutein synthesis and function, we isolated four lutein-deficient mutants of Arabidopsis that define two loci, lut1 and lut2 (for lutein deficient). These loci are required for lutein biosynthesis but not for...

Read the complete abstract on PubMed

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

Share to Arabidopsis
Share to Chromosome Mapping
Share to Genes, Dominant

Methodology Data sources Editorial policy Privacy Delete account & data About Contact Helena Bioinformatics

Share to Genes, Plant

Share to Genes, Recessive

Share to Genetic Linkage

Share to Molecular Structure

Share to Mutation

Source

Open in PubMed Open full text

Identifiers

PMID: 8837513
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.8.9.1627
PMCID: PMC161303

Provenance

PubMed metadata and Literature Corpus relationships. Corpus snapshot updated 7 Sept 2026. Manifest publication-graph-cohort-2026-09-08.1.

Source receipt: pubmed, retrieved 7 Sept 2026.

Related research

Semantic proximity does not establish scientific evidence. Graph snapshot: 2026-09-29.

Research trail→

Click a neighbor to travelStep 1 · 12 closest

Arabidopsis carotenoid mutants demonstrate that lutein is not essential for photosynthesis in higher plants.PMID 8837513Read ↗

Functional analysis of beta- and epsilon-ring carotenoid hydroxylases in Arabidopsis.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Altered xanthophyll compositions adversely affect chlorophyll accumulation and nonphotochemical quenching in Arabidopsis mutants.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Defining the primary route for lutein synthesis in plants: the role of Arabidopsis carotenoid beta-ring hydroxylase CYP97A3.Semantic proximity Read ↗

The Arabidopsis LUT1 locus encodes a member of the cytochrome p450 family that is required for carotenoid epsilon-ring hydroxylation activity.Semantic proximity Read ↗

The role of lutein in the acclimation of higher plant chloroplast membranes to suboptimal conditions.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Identification of the carotenoid isomerase provides insight into carotenoid biosynthesis, prolamellar body formation, and photomorphogenesis.Semantic proximity Read ↗

A quadruple mutant of Arabidopsis reveals a β-carotene hydroxylation activity for LUT1/CYP97C1 and a regulatory role of xanthophylls on determination of the PSI/PSII ratio.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Novel lycopene epsilon cyclase activities in maize revealed through perturbation of carotenoid biosynthesis.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Lutein accumulation in the absence of zeaxanthin restores nonphotochemical quenching in the Arabidopsis thaliana npq1 mutant.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Different roles of alpha- and beta-branch xanthophylls in photosystem assembly and photoprotection.Semantic proximity Read ↗

The roles of specific xanthophylls in light utilization.Semantic proximity Read ↗

Generation and physiological characterization of genome-edited Nicotiana benthamiana plants containing zeaxanthin as the only leaf xanthophyll.Semantic proximity Read ↗

⌁Select a neighboring publication to make it the new centre.