Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Bright autumn colours are produced by both photosynthetic yellow pigments (carotenoids) and red pigments (anthocyanins) in leaves.

Acriflavin is an acridine dye that may bring about frameshift mutation.

Fucoxanthin, present in certain marine brown algae and diatoms, is known to induce apoptosis in various types of cancer cells.

Heterocysts refer to the specialized cells found in certain filamentous blue green algae that are capable of fixing atmospheric nitrogen.

Parascorbic acid is an example of anti-auxin that inhibits the activities of auxins.

ABM paper is widely used in the study of nucleic acids. ABM paper, when chemically activated, binds single-stranded nucleic acid covalently.

Abrin is a plant protein with antitumor activity.

Retrorsine has ornithine as the biosynthetic precursor.

Carboxysome is an inclusion body, present in some blue-green algae and autotrophic bacteria, that contains the enzyme ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase and that functions in the fixation of carbon dioxide by these organisms.

Molybdenum is a component of nitrate reductase, which participates in nitrogen metabolism.

Ent-kaurene represents the precursor for synthesis of gibberellins.

Strychnine is used as a rat poison.