Ascorbic acid metabolism and functions

Patricia L Conklin; Christine H Foyer; Robert D Hancock; Takahiro Ishikawa; Nicholas Smirnoff

doi:10.1093/jxb/erae143

Ascorbic acid metabolism and functions

J Exp Bot. 2024 May 3;75(9):2599-2603. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erae143.

Authors

Patricia L Conklin¹, Christine H Foyer², Robert D Hancock³, Takahiro Ishikawa⁴, Nicholas Smirnoff⁵

Affiliations

¹ Biological Sciences Department, Bowers Hall Rm 240, SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY 13045, USA.
² School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, UK.
³ Cell and Molecular Sciences, The James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK.
⁴ Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu, Matsue, Shimane 690-8504, Japan.
⁵ Biosciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QD, UK.

Abstract

This Special Issue was assembled to mark the 25th anniversary of the proposal of the d -mannose/ l -galactose (Smirnoff-Wheeler) ascorbate biosynthesis pathway in plants ( Wheeler et al., 1998 ). The issue aims to assess the current state of knowledge and to identify outstanding questions about ascorbate metabolism and functions in plants.

Keywords: l; -galactose; -galactose phosphorylase; Ascorbic acid; GDP-; ascorbate oxidase; ascorbate peroxidase; dehydroascorbate reductase; glutathione reductase; mannose; monodehydroascorbate reductase; oxalic acid; redox signalling; tartaric acid; threonic acid; uORF.

Publication types

Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

Ascorbic Acid* / metabolism
Plants* / metabolism

Substances

Ascorbic Acid