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On the Developmental and Environmental Regulation of Secondary Metabolism in Vaccinium spp. Berries
Secondary metabolites have important defense and signaling roles, and they contribute to the overall quality of developing and ripening fruits. Blueberries, bilberries, cranberries, and other Vaccinium berries are fleshy berry fruits recognized for the high levels of bioactive compounds, especially...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4870239/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27242856 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.00655 |
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author | Karppinen, Katja Zoratti, Laura Nguyenquynh, Nga Häggman, Hely Jaakola, Laura |
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description | Secondary metabolites have important defense and signaling roles, and they contribute to the overall quality of developing and ripening fruits. Blueberries, bilberries, cranberries, and other Vaccinium berries are fleshy berry fruits recognized for the high levels of bioactive compounds, especially anthocyanin pigments. Besides anthocyanins and other products of the phenylpropanoid and flavonoid pathways, these berries also contain other metabolites of interest, such as carotenoid derivatives, vitamins and flavor compounds. Recently, new information has been achieved on the mechanisms related with developmental, environmental, and genetic factors involved in the regulation of secondary metabolism in Vaccinium fruits. Especially light conditions and temperature are demonstrated to have a prominent role on the composition of phenolic compounds. The present review focuses on the studies on mechanisms associated with the regulation of key secondary metabolites, mainly phenolic compounds, in Vaccinium berries. The advances in the research concerning biosynthesis of phenolic compounds in Vaccinium species, including specific studies with mutant genotypes in addition to controlled and field experiments on the genotype × environment (G×E) interaction, are discussed. The recently published Vaccinium transcriptome and genome databases provide new tools for the studies on the metabolic routes. |
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spelling | pubmed-48702392016-05-30 On the Developmental and Environmental Regulation of Secondary Metabolism in Vaccinium spp. Berries Karppinen, Katja Zoratti, Laura Nguyenquynh, Nga Häggman, Hely Jaakola, Laura Front Plant Sci Plant Science Secondary metabolites have important defense and signaling roles, and they contribute to the overall quality of developing and ripening fruits. Blueberries, bilberries, cranberries, and other Vaccinium berries are fleshy berry fruits recognized for the high levels of bioactive compounds, especially anthocyanin pigments. Besides anthocyanins and other products of the phenylpropanoid and flavonoid pathways, these berries also contain other metabolites of interest, such as carotenoid derivatives, vitamins and flavor compounds. Recently, new information has been achieved on the mechanisms related with developmental, environmental, and genetic factors involved in the regulation of secondary metabolism in Vaccinium fruits. Especially light conditions and temperature are demonstrated to have a prominent role on the composition of phenolic compounds. The present review focuses on the studies on mechanisms associated with the regulation of key secondary metabolites, mainly phenolic compounds, in Vaccinium berries. The advances in the research concerning biosynthesis of phenolic compounds in Vaccinium species, including specific studies with mutant genotypes in addition to controlled and field experiments on the genotype × environment (G×E) interaction, are discussed. The recently published Vaccinium transcriptome and genome databases provide new tools for the studies on the metabolic routes. Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-05-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4870239/ /pubmed/27242856 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.00655 Text en Copyright © 2016 Karppinen, Zoratti, Nguyenquynh, Häggman and Jaakola. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Plant Science Karppinen, Katja Zoratti, Laura Nguyenquynh, Nga Häggman, Hely Jaakola, Laura On the Developmental and Environmental Regulation of Secondary Metabolism in Vaccinium spp. Berries |
title | On the Developmental and Environmental Regulation of Secondary Metabolism in Vaccinium spp. Berries |
title_full | On the Developmental and Environmental Regulation of Secondary Metabolism in Vaccinium spp. Berries |
title_fullStr | On the Developmental and Environmental Regulation of Secondary Metabolism in Vaccinium spp. Berries |
title_full_unstemmed | On the Developmental and Environmental Regulation of Secondary Metabolism in Vaccinium spp. Berries |
title_short | On the Developmental and Environmental Regulation of Secondary Metabolism in Vaccinium spp. Berries |
title_sort | on the developmental and environmental regulation of secondary metabolism in vaccinium spp. berries |
topic | Plant Science |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4870239/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27242856 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2016.00655 |
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