Ethylene-driven changes in epicuticular wax metabolism in citrus fruit

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Epicuticular waxes are important natural compounds that influence cuticle properties and can protect fruit from factors that harm its external quality. We demonstrated that, at a dose that reduces postharvest citrus fruit quality loss (4 d 2 µL L-1), ethylene redirected epicuticular wax metabolism towards the synthesis of primary alcohols, mostly behenyl alcohol, by favouring the acyl-reduction pathway. This treatment also reduced the synthesis of terpenoids by redirecting the mevalonate pathway towards farnesol accumulation to the detriment of the accumulation of most triterpenoids, but not of their precursor squalene. Moreover, the 4 d ethylene treatment sharply increased the synthesis of docosane and lignoceric acid and lowered that of cerotic acid. Longer ethylene exposure (8 d) reversed some of these effects by lowering the contents of most alcohols, lignoceric acid and squalene, while increasing that of its derivative sitosterol. The 8 d ethylene treatment also increased farnesol and docosane contents.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:372

Enthalten in:

Food chemistry - 372(2022) vom: 15. März, Seite 131320

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Romero, Paco [VerfasserIn]
Lafuente, María Teresa [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Alcohols
Cuticle permeability
Ethylenes
Journal Article
Orange
Postharvest
Terpenoids
Waxes

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Date Completed 24.11.2021

Date Revised 24.11.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.131320

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM331942453