Publication: Light emission in betalains: from fluorescent flowers to biotechnological applications
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Guerrero Rubio, María Alejandra ; Escribano Cebrián, Josefa ; Gandía Herrero, Fernando ; García Carmona, Francisco
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Cell Press
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2019.11.001
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© 2019 The Author(s). This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
This document is the Published Manuscript, version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Trends in Plant Science. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2019.11.001
Abstract
The discovery of visible fluorescence in the plant pigments betalains revealed the existence of fluorescent patterns in flowers of plants of the order Caryophyllales, where betalains substitute anthocyanins. The serendipitous initial discovery led to a systemized characterization of the role of different substructures on the photophysical phenomenon. Strong fluorescence is general to all members of the family of betaxanthins linked to the structural property that the betalamic acid moiety is connected to an amine group. This property has led to bioinspired tailor-made probes and to the development of novel biotechnological applications in screening techniques or microscopy labeling. Here, we comprehensively review the photophysics, photochemistry, and photobiology of betalain fluorescence and describe all current applications.
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Trends in Plant Science, 2020, vol. 25, N. 2, pp. 159-175
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