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Entry
CA00006                                                            
Classification
Carotenoid Name
4,4'-Diapo-ζ-carotene;
4,4'-Diapo-zeta-carotene
IUPAC name 7,8,7',8'-Tetrahydro-4,4'-diapo-psi,psi-carotene
Formula
C30H44
Molecular Weight 
404.652 g/mol
Structure      Search similar carotenoids

Mol file
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Biological functions/Properties 
Number of
conjugated double bonds 
7
Number of
conjugated multiple bonds 
7
Isomers 
  • Constitutional isomer: CA00005
    • InChI

    InChIKey

    Canonical SMILES

    XLogP
    11.026
    Hydrogen Bond donors
    (Lipinski's definition)
    0
    Hydrogen Bond Acceptors
    (Lipinski's definition)
    0
    LipinskiFailures
    2
    Complexity of molecule
    0.000
    Number of heavy atoms
    30
    TPSA
    (Topological Polar Surface Area) 
    0.000 Å2
    Reaction
  • Substrate: CR00133
  • Product: CR00116
    • Pathway
  • Pathway: CB000001,  CB000002
    • Major carotenoid information

    Minor carotenoid information

    Source organisms
    Staphylococcus aureus (Ref.540) - Firmicutes - Bacilli (Firmicutes - Staphylococcaceae)
    Streptococcus faecium UNH 564P (Ref.70) - Firmicutes - Bacilli (Firmicutes - Streptococcaceae)
    Heliobacillus mobilis (Ref.188) - Firmicutes - Clostridia (Firmicutes - Heliobacteriaceae)
    Heliophilum fasciatum (Ref.188) - Firmicutes - Clostridia (Firmicutes - Heliobacteriaceae)
    Heliobacterium modesticaldum (Ref.188) - Firmicutes - Clostridia (Firmicutes - Heliobacteriaceae)
    Heliobacterium gestii (Ref.188) - Firmicutes - Clostridia (Firmicutes - Heliobacteriaceae)
    References
  • Ref.70: Davies, Brian H.; Taylor, Richard F., Canadian Journal of Biochemistry (1982), 60(6), 684-92., "The biosynthesis of triterpenoid carotenoids in Streptococcus faecium UNH 564P".
  • Ref.540: Benjamin N. Mijts, Pyung Cheon Lee, Claudia Schmidt-Dannert, Chemistry & Biology, Volume 12, Issue 4, April 2005, Pages 453–460, "Identification of a Carotenoid Oxygenase Synthesizing Acyclic Xanthophylls: Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Directed Evolution".
  • Ref.188: Takaichi, S., K. Inoue, M. Akaike, M. Kobayashi, H. Ohoka, and M. T. Madigan. 1997. The major carotenoid in all known species of heliobacteria is the C30 carotenoid 4,4-diaponeurosporene, not neurosporene. Arch. Microbiol. 168:277–281..
    • CAS
    53872-51-8
    Links to other DB
    KEGG COMPOUND: C19841
    KNApSAcK: C00023136
    LipidBank: VCA1060
    ProCarDB: C1679

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