Ascorbic Acid in Plants: Biosynthesis and Function

By N. Smirnoff, Glen L. Wheeler. Critical reviews in biochemistry and molecular biology, 2000

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Redox Regulation in Photosynthetic Organisms: Signaling, Acclimation, and Practical Implications (2009, neutral): “APX inactivation is thought to be due to an attack on the reaction intermediates by H 2 O 2 (210, 211).”
Ascorbic Acid-A Potential Oxidant Scavenger and Its Role in Plant Development and Abiotic Stress Tolerance (2017, background): “Light induced accumulation of AsA has been reported in leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana and is attributed sustained photosynthesis through its involvement in photo-protection of light harvesting complexes (Smirnoff and Wheeler, 2000).”
Changes in antioxidant activity in sub-cellular fractions of tolerant and susceptible wheat genotypes in response to long term salt stress (2002, result): “Higher AA content in chloroplast, followed by mitochondrial and cytosolic fractions, is consistent with the higher antioxidant enzyme activity observed in chloroplast [40].”
Antioxidant defense responses: physiological plasticity in higher plants under abiotic constraints (2009, background): “Two key antioxidants in chloroplast involved in reactive oxygen radical scavenging are ascorbate and a-tocopherol (Smirnoff and Wheeler 2000).”
In vitro selection of salt tolerant cell lines in Solanum tuberosum L. (2007, background): “This antioxidant compound is one of the most effective free radical scavengers implicated in the adaptation of plants to environmental stresses (Smirnoff and Wheeler 2000).”
Desiccation tolerant plants as model systems to study redox regulation of protein thiols (2010, background): “AsA is also required for the regeneration of a-tocopherol from the a-tocopheroxyl radical (Noctor and Foyer 1998; Smirnoff and Wheeler 2000).”
Metabolic Profiling Allows Comprehensive Phenotyping of Genetically or Environmentally Modified Plant Systems (2001, background): “A further example is that of ascorbate because little is known about the location of synthesis of this vitamin (Smirnoff and Wheeler, 2000).”
Antioxidants and Antioxidant Enzymes in Higher Plants (2018, background): “In spite of the nutritional importance of ascorbate to humans, the ascorbate biosynthesis pathway in plants was elucidated only a decade ago (Smirnoff 2000a, b; Smirnoff and Wheeler 2000; Ishikawa et al. 2006a).”
Drought-induced oxidative stress in strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo L.) growing in Mediterranean field conditions (2004, background): “Among other functions, ascorbate plays a major role as an antioxidant in chloroplasts and other cell compartments [3,9], and a shift of its redox state towards its oxidized form indicates enhanced AOS formation.”
The Function of Tocopherols and Tocotrienols in Plants (2002, background): “However, in the absence of antioxidants such as ascorbic acid and glutathione, which recycle tocopheroxyl and tocotrienoxyl radicals (Fryer, 1992; Smirnoff and Wheeler, 2000), the radicals may undergo radicalradical coupling with other lipid peroxy radicals to form adducts, may disproportionate to…”