title: Recent advances in the biosynthesis and accumulation of anthocyanins.
abstract: This review describes biochemistry, molecular biology and regulation of anthocyanin biosynthesis, with particular emphasis on mechanistic features and late steps of anthocyanin biosynthesis including glycosylation and vacuolar sequestration. The literature from 1997 to the beginning of 2002 is reviewed, and 163 references are cited.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan.
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Springob
authors.forename: Jun-ichiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Mami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Kazuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000872:Anthocyanins / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D019753:Intramolecular Lyases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000872:Anthocyanins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; C048797:flavanone 3-dioxygenase; D000217:Acyltransferases; C020141:flavanone synthetase; D019753:Intramolecular Lyases; C019865:chalcone isomerase