Chloroplasts and chromoplasts of tomato fruits contain lipid droplets known as plastoglobules (PG). Recent studies have shown that PG act as a metabolic sink to store ...
... chromoplast PG with known PG proteins. Interestingly, most of the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway enzymes such as PSY‐1, PDS, ZDS, CRTISO, and β‐LYC are enriched in chromoplast PG compared with chloroplast PG. In this study, we propose a model of chromoplast PG acting as a carotenoid biosynthesis platform.
ORGANISM(S): Solanum Lycopersicum