Plant BiologyThe Plant CellPeer-reviewed
Blue light promotes ascorbate synthesis by deactivating the PAS/LOV photoreceptor that inhibits GDP-L-galactose phosphorylase
C. Bournonville, K. Mori, T. Blomeier…·P. Baldet
The paper identifies a photoreceptor, PLP, that inhibits ascorbate biosynthesis by interacting with GGP, and shows blue light deactivates PLP to promote ascorbate synthesis in tomato.
DOI 10.1093/plcell/koad108