Figures (3)  Tables (1)
    • Figure 1. 

      The origin and early evolution of ASA gene in green plant kingdom. (a) Tree of green plants. (b) The copy number of ASA gene.

    • Figure 2. 

      Multiple biosynthetic pathways of AsA in plants.

    • Figure 3. 

      ASA content of representative plant species. Data sources are from publications[118121].

    • Enzyme / protein name Abbreviation Arabidopsis genes
      Aldonolactonase Alase AT3G03060
      AT5G169300
      AT2G18330
      AT4G36580
      l-Ascorbate oxidase AO AT5G21100
      AT5G21105
      AT4G39830
      Ascorbate peroxidase APX AT1G07890
      AT3G09640
      AT4G35000
      AT4G35970
      AT4G32320
      AT4G09010
      AT4G08390
      AT1G77490
      Calmodulin-like protein CML10 AT2G41090
      Cop9-signalosome 5b CSN5B At1g71230
      Dehydroascorbate reductase DHAR AT1G19570
      AT1G19550
      AT1G75270
      AT5G16710
      l-Galactose-1-phosphate phosphatase GalPP AT3G02870
      Galactose dehydrogenase GalDH AT4G33670
      Galactono-1,4-lactone dehydrogenase GalLDH AT3G47930
      Galacturonosyltransferase GalUR AT1G59950
      AT1G59960
      AT2G37760
      AT2G37770
      AT2G37790
      AT5G62420
      AT5G01670
      AT3G53880
      GDP-l-galactose phosphorylase GGalPP AT4G26850
      AT5G55120
      GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase GMPase AT1G74910
      AT2G39770
      AT3G55590
      AT4G30570
      l-Gulono-γ-lactone oxidase GLOase AT2G46740
      AT2G46750
      AT2G46760
      AT5G11540
      AT1G32300
      AT5G56490
      AT5G56470
      GDP-mannose-3′,5′-epimerase GME AT5G28840
      Monodehydroascorbate reductase MDAR AT5G03630
      AT3G09940
      AT3G52880
      AT3G27820
      AT1G63940
      Myo-inositol oxygenase MIOX AT1G14520
      AT2G19800
      AT4G26260
      AT5G56640
      Phosphoglucose isomerase PGI AT4G24620
      AT5G42740
      Phosphomannose isomerase PMI AT1G67070
      AT3G02570
      Phosphomannomutase PMM AT2G45790
      Protein kinase/protein phosphatase VTC3 AT2G40860

      Table 1. 

      AsA-related genes in model plant Arabidopsis.