| Title: | "Molecular Bases of Fruit Quality in Prunus Species: An Integrated Genomic, Transcriptomic, and Metabolic Review with a Breeding Perspective" |
| Author(s): | Garcia-Gomez BE; Salazar JA; Nicolas-Almansa M; Razi M; Rubio M; Ruiz D; Martinez-Gomez P; |
| Address: | "Department of Plant Breeding, CEBAS-CSIC, P.O. Box 164, 30100 Murcia, Spain. Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zajan, Zanjan 45371-38791, Iran" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1422-0067 (Electronic) 1422-0067 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "In plants, fruit ripening is a coordinated developmental process that requires the change in expression of hundreds to thousands of genes to modify many biochemical and physiological signal cascades such as carbohydrate and organic acid metabolism, cell wall restructuring, ethylene production, stress response, and organoleptic compound formation. In Prunus species (including peaches, apricots, plums, and cherries), fruit ripening leads to the breakdown of complex carbohydrates into sugars, fruit firmness reductions (softening by cell wall degradation and cuticle properties alteration), color changes (loss of green color by chlorophylls degradation and increase in non-photosynthetic pigments like anthocyanins and carotenoids), acidity decreases, and aroma increases (the production and release of organic volatile compounds). Actually, the level of information of molecular events at the transcriptional, biochemical, hormonal, and metabolite levels underlying ripening in Prunus fruits has increased considerably. However, we still poorly understand the molecular switch that occurs during the transition from unripe to ripe fruits. The objective of this review was to analyze of the molecular bases of fruit quality in Prunus species through an integrated metabolic, genomic, transcriptomic, and epigenetic approach to better understand the molecular switch involved in the ripening process with important consequences from a breeding point of view" |
| Keywords: | "*Food Quality Fruit/*chemistry/genetics/growth & development/metabolism Gene Expression Regulation, Plant Genome, Plant *Metabolome *Plant Breeding Plant Proteins/genetics/*metabolism Prunus/*chemistry/genetics/growth & development/metabolism *Transcripto;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineGarcia-Gomez, Beatriz E Salazar, Juan A Nicolas-Almansa, Maria Razi, Mitra Rubio, Manuel Ruiz, David Martinez-Gomez, Pedro eng Review Switzerland 2021/01/06 Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Dec 30; 22(1):333. doi: 10.3390/ijms22010333" |
