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Entry
CA00068                                                            
Classification
Carotenoid Name
Bisdehydrolycopene;
Tetradehydrolycopene
IUPAC name 3,4,3',4'-Tetradehydro-psi,psi-carotene
Formula
C40H52
Molecular Weight 
532.816 g/mol
Structure      Search similar carotenoids

Mol file
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Biological functions/Properties 
Number of
conjugated double bonds 
15
Number of
conjugated multiple bonds 
15
Isomers 
  • Constitutional isomer: CA00704, CA00716, CA00319, CA00722
    • InChI

    InChIKey

    Canonical SMILES

    XLogP
    14.502
    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
    40
    TPSA
    (Topological Polar Surface Area) 
    0.000 Å2
    Reaction
  • Substrate: CR00002
  • Product: CR00122
    • Pathway
    Major carotenoid information

    Minor carotenoid information

    Source organisms
    Pantoea ananatis (Ref.105) - Gammaproteobacteria: plant pathogenic bacteria (Gammaproteobacteria - Enterobacteriaceae)
    Nostoc sp. PCC 7120 (Ref.72) - Cyanobacteria: same as Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 (Cyanobacteria - Nostocaceae)
    Cladonia sp. (Ref.609) - Fungi: lichen, ascomycetes (Ascomycota - Cladoniaceae)
    References
  • Ref.72: Heo, Jinsol; Kim, Se Hyeuk; Lee, Pyung Cheon, Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2013), 79(11), 3336-3345., "New insight into the cleavage reaction of Nostoc sp. strain PCC 7120 carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase in natural and nonnatural carotenoids".
  • Ref.105: Schaub, Patrick; Yu, Qiuju; Gemmecker, Sandra; Poussin-Courmontagne, Pierre; Mailliot, Justine; Ghisla, Sandro; Al-Babili, Salim; Cavarelli, Jean; Beyer, Peter, PLoS One (2012), 7(6), e39550., "On the structure and function of the phytoene desaturase CRTI from Pantoea ananatis, a membrane-​peripheral and FAD-​dependent oxidase​/isomerase".
  • Ref.609: Prof. Dr. B. Czeczuga and Doz. Dr. R. Doll, Journal of Botanical Taxonomy and Geobatany, Volume 102, Issue 5-6, pages 431–436, 1991, DOI: 10.1002/fedr.19911020518, "The carotenoid content of lichens of the Cladonia genus from Mecklenburg".
    • CAS
    4481-63-4
    Links to other DB
    LipidBank: VCA1045

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