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Albert Boronat
Researcher at University of Barcelona
Publications - 107
Citations - 8669
Albert Boronat is an academic researcher from University of Barcelona. The author has contributed to research in topics: Reductase & Arabidopsis thaliana. The author has an hindex of 46, co-authored 107 publications receiving 7915 citations. Previous affiliations of Albert Boronat include Spanish National Research Council & Autonomous University of Barcelona.
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Elucidation of the methylerythritol phosphate pathway for isoprenoid biosynthesis in bacteria and plastids. A metabolic milestone achieved through genomics.
TL;DR: Plants synthesize an enormous variety of metabolites that can be classified into two groups based on their function: primary metabolites, which participate in nutrition and essential metabolic processes within the plant, and secondary metabolites (also referred to as natural products), which
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A global perspective on carotenoids: Metabolism, biotechnology, and benefits for nutrition and health
Manuel Rodríguez-Concepción,Javier Avalos,M. Luisa Bonet,Albert Boronat,Lourdes Gómez-Gómez,Dámaso Hornero-Méndez,M. Carmen Limón,Antonio J. Meléndez-Martínez,Begoña Olmedilla-Alonso,Andreu Palou,Joan Ribot,María Jesús Rodrigo,Lorenzo Zacarías,Changfu Zhu +13 more
TL;DR: This review, contributed by scientists of complementary disciplines related to carotenoid research, covers recent advances and provides a perspective on future directions on the subjects of carotENoid metabolism, biotechnology, and nutritional and health benefits.
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Carotenoid biosynthesis during tomato fruit development: regulatory role of 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase.
Luisa Maria Lois,Manuel Rodríguez-Concepción,Francesca Gallego,Narciso Campos,Albert Boronat +4 more
TL;DR: 1-Deoxy-D-xylulose feeding experiments, together with expression analysis of DXS and PSY1 (encoding the fruit-specific isoform of phytoene synthase) in wild-type and yellow flesh mutant fruits, indicate that DXS catalyses the first potentially regulatory step in carotenoid biosynthesis during early fruit ripening.
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Cloning and characterization of a gene from Escherichia coli encoding a transketolase-like enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of d-1-deoxyxylulose 5-phosphate, a common precursor for isoprenoid, thiamin, and pyridoxol biosynthesis
Luisa Maria Lois,Narciso Campos,Surya Rosa Putra,Knut Danielsen,Michel Rohmer,Albert Boronat +5 more
TL;DR: The molecular cloning and characterization of a gene from E. coli, designated dxs, that encodes D-1-deoxyxylulose-5-phosphate synthase, which belongs to a family of transketolase-like proteins that are highly conserved in evolution.
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Metabolic engineering of the mevalonate and non‐mevalonate isopentenyl diphosphate‐forming pathways for the production of health‐promoting isoprenoids in tomato
Eugenia M.A. Enfissi,Paul D. Fraser,Luisa Maria Lois,Albert Boronat,Wolfgang Schuch,Peter M. Bramley +5 more
TL;DR: The genetic manipulation of both the mevalonic acid and methylerythritol-4-phosphate pathways, leading to the formation of isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP), has been achieved in tomato using 3-hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA (hmgr-1) and 1-deoxy-d-xylulose-5-ph phosphate synthase (dxs) genes, respectively.