Carotenoids: Biological Functions of Carotenoids and Apocarotenoids in
Natural and Artificial Systems, Volume 674 in the Methods in Enzymology
series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume
presenting interesting chapters on topics such as Ultrafast laser
spectroscopic studies on carotenoids in solution and on those bound to
photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes, Assessing photoprotective
functions of carotenoids in photosynthetic systems of plants and green
algae, Fluorescence of carotenoids: probing binding site interactions
and conformational motion in carotenoproteins, Resonance Raman: A
powerful tool to interrogate carotenoids in biological matrices, and
much more.
Other chapters in the book cover Engineering the carotenoid biosynthetic
pathway to study the function of carotenoids in light-harvesting
complexes, Carotenoids as proxies for variations in photosynthesis and
phenology in response to environmental and climatic change,
Apocarotenoid pigment biosynthesis in non-model plants, Apocarotenoid
transport in plants, Screening for apocarotenoid plant growth regulators
in Arabidopsis, Effects of herbivory on carotenoid biosynthesis and
breakdown, Biosynthesis and action of apocarotenoid plant hormones, and
much more.