Clarification of molecular mechanism for active biosynthesis and abundant accumulation of ascorbic acid in acerola.

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Acerola(Malpighia glabra) is an exotic fruit cultivated primarily for its abundant ascorbate content, which is over 20-fold higher than ascorbate content in lemon. The molecular mechanisms that regulate the biosynthesis and accumulation of a large amount of ascorbic acid in acerola have been clarified in this study. Also, ascorbic acid biosynthesis-related genes from acerola have been manipulated to generate ascorbic acid-rich transgenic plants. The overexpression of acerola ascorbate biosynthetic enzyme genes resulted in two-to three-fold increase in the ascorbate content of the transgenic plants.