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- Violaxanthin is a xanthophyll pigment with an orange color found in a variety of plants. Violaxanthin is the product of the epoxidation of zeaxanthin...
- are active in the xanthophyll cycle: violaxanthin, antheraxanthin, and zeaxanthin. During light stress, violaxanthin is converted, i.e. reduced, to zeaxanthin...
- the enzymatic conversion of the carotenoid violaxanthin to zeaxanthin (the xanthophyll cycle). Violaxanthin is a carotenoid downstream from chlorophyll...
- Violaxanthin de-epoxidase (EC 1.10.99.3, VDE) is an enzyme with systematic name violaxanthin:ascorbate oxidoreductase. This enzyme catalyses the following...
- cycle. Violaxanthin and zeaxanthin are carotenoid molecules within the chloroplasts called xanthophylls. Under normal conditions, violaxanthin channels...
- from violaxanthin, but a suspected neoxanthin synthase is still to be confirmed. Two different genes were confirmed to be implied in violaxanthin conversion...
- quenching (NPQ) and excess heat dissipation by converting the orange pigment violaxanthin to antheraxanthin and then to light-yellow pigment zeaxanthin. The xanthophyll...
- they turn pinkish-reddish or yellow-brown, due to pigments such as violaxanthin, lutein, and zeaxanthin. The trees are monoecious, with distinct male...
- systematic name violaxanthin—capsorubin isomerase (ketone-forming). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction (1) violaxanthin ⇌{\displaystyle...
- chemical reaction: violaxanthin ⇌{\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } neoxanthin Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, violaxanthin, and one product, neoxanthin...