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Entry
CA00007                                                            
Classification
Carotenoid Name
4,4'-Diapophytofluene
IUPAC name 7,8,11,12,7',8'-Hexahydro-4,4'-diapo-psi,psi-carotene
Formula
C30H46
Molecular Weight 
406.668 g/mol
Structure      Search similar carotenoids

Mol file
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Biological functions/Properties 
Number of
conjugated double bonds 
5
Number of
conjugated multiple bonds 
5
Isomers 
InChI

InChIKey

Canonical SMILES

XLogP
11.068
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: CR00116
  • Product: CR00272
    • Pathway
  • Pathway: CB000001,  CB000002
    • Major carotenoid information

    Minor carotenoid information

    Source organisms
    Staphylococcus aureus (Ref.75) - 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 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.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..
  • Ref.75: Marshall, John H.; Wilmoth, Gregory H., Journal of Bacteriology (1981), 147(3), 900-13., "Pigments of Staphylococcus aureus, a series of triterpenoid carotenoids".
    • CAS
    53872-53-0
    Links to other DB
    KEGG COMPOUND: C19840
    KNApSAcK: C00023137
    LipidBank: VCA1059
    ProCarDB: C1676

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