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Isoprenoid, lipid and protein contents in intact plastids isolated from mesocarp cells of traditional and high-pigment tomato cultivars at different ripening stages.
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PMID:  22264157     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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This study reports quali-quantitative analyses on isoprenoids, phospholipids, neutral lipids, phytosterols and proteins in purified plastids isolated from fresh fruits of traditional (Donald and Incas) and high-pigment (Kalvert and HLY-18) tomato cultivars (cvs) at four ripening stages. In all the investigated cvs, lycopene, β-catotene, lutein and total carotenoids varied significantly during ripening. Chromoplasts of red-ripe tomato fruits of high-pigment cvs accumulated twice as much as lycopene (307.6 and 319.2 μg/mg of plastid proteins in Kalvert and HLY-18, respectively) than ordinary cvs (178.6 and 151.7 μg/mg of plastid proteins in Donald and Incas, respectively), differences in chlorophyll and α-tocopherol contents were also evidenced. Phospholipids and phytosterols increased during ripening, whereas triglycerides showed a general decrease. Regardless the stage of ripening, palmitic acid was the major fatty acid in all cvs (ranging from 35 to 52% of the total fatty acids), followed by stearic, oleic, linoleic, linolenic and miristic acids, but their relative percentage was affected by ripening. Most of the bands detected on the SDS-PAGEs of plastid proteins were constantly present during chloroplast-to-chromoplast conversion, some others disappeared, only one, with a molecular weight of ~41.6 kDa, was found to increase in intensity.
Authors:
Marcello Salvatore Lenucci; Lucia Serrone; Monica De Caroli; Paul D Fraser; Peter Michael Bramley; Gabriella Piro; Giuseppe Dalessandro
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Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-1-23
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of agricultural and food chemistry     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1520-5118     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2012 Jan 
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Created Date:  2012-1-23     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  0374755     Medline TA:  J Agric Food Chem     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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