Dana Charuvi

Dr. Dana Charuvi

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Academic Career Length

11Years (2016-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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6 September 2019 in Physiologia Plantarum
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NJNaveen C. Joshi
Naveen C. Joshi
DYDeepanker Yadav
Deepanker Yadav
KRKira Ratner
Kira Ratner
IKItzhak Kamara
Itzhak Kamara
EAElinor Aviv‐Sharon
Elinor Aviv‐Sharon
DCDana Charuvi
Dana Charuvi

23 February 2024 in Nature Plants
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YGYuval Garty
Yuval Garty
YBYuval Bussi
Yuval Bussi
SLSmadar Levin-Zaidman
Smadar Levin-Zaidman
ESEyal Shimoni
Eyal Shimoni
HKHelmut Kirchhoff
Helmut Kirchhoff
ZRZiv Reich
Ziv Reich

1 November 2020 in Environmental and Experimental Botany
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DBDominika Bednarczyk
Dominika Bednarczyk
EAElinor Aviv-Sharon
Elinor Aviv-Sharon
ASAlon Savidor
Alon Savidor
YLYishai Levin
Yishai Levin
DCDana Charuvi
Dana Charuvi

1 November 2019 in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
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DYDeepanker Yadav
Deepanker Yadav
HZHanita Zemach
Hanita Zemach
EBEduard Belausov
Eduard Belausov
DCDana Charuvi
Dana Charuvi

3 March 2025 in Plant Biotechnology Journal
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YLYarin Livneh
Yarin Livneh
ELEhud Leor‐Librach
Ehud Leor‐Librach
DADor Agmon
Dor Agmon
TMTal Makov‐Bouaniche
Tal Makov‐Bouaniche
VTVivekanand Tiwari
Vivekanand Tiwari
AVAlexander Vainstein
Alexander Vainstein
Summary: Lettuce is widely grown and consumed but provides lower nutritional value compared to other leafy greens, particularly in the essential vitamins A and C. To address this, major control points in carotenoid and ascorbic acid (AsA) production were targeted using a viral‐based CRISPR/Cas9 system in the commercial lettuce cultivar ‘Noga’. Knockout of lycopene ε‐cyclase (LCY‐ε), the enzymatic gatekeeper opposing production of β‐branch carotenoids, increased β‐carotene (provitamin A) levels up to 2.7‐fold and facilitated zeaxanthin accumulation up to 4.3 μg/g fresh weight. Chlorophyll fluorescence measurements revealed that photosystem II efficiency was unaffected in LCY‐ε mutants, though their non‐photochemical quenching (NPQ) capacity decreased at light intensities above 400 μmol m2 s‐1. However, the gene‐edited plants exhibited normal growth and comparable plant mass, despite the absence of two major lettuce xanthophylls, lutein and lactucaxanthin. Modifications in a regulatory region in the upstream ORF of GDP‐L‐galactose phosphorylase 1 and 2 (uGGP1 and uGGP2), the rate‐limiting enzyme in AsA production, resulted in an average 6.9‐fold increase in AsA levels. The mutation in uGGP2 was found to dominantly influence AsA over‐accumulation. Knockout lines that combined the mutations in LCY‐ε, uGGP1, uGGP2 and in carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 4a (CCD4a), an isozyme involved in β‐carotene degradation in lettuce, exhibited significantly enhanced content of AsA, β‐carotene and zeaxanthin. Our results demonstrate the potential of multi‐pathway gene editing to ‘supercharge’ economically important crops such as lettuce as a means to address micronutrient deficiencies in modern diets.

27 November 2023 in Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
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IHIntesaful Haque
Intesaful Haque
OSOr Shapira
Or Shapira
ZAZiv Attia
Ziv Attia
YCYuval Cohen
Yuval Cohen
DCDana Charuvi
Dana Charuvi
TATamar Azoulay-Shemer
Tamar Azoulay-Shemer