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Entry
CA00078                                                            

Classification
Carotenoid Name
Didemethylspirilloxanthin;
1,1'-Dihydroxy-3,4,3',4'-tetradehydrolycopene
IUPAC name 3,4,3',4'-Tetradehydro-1,2,1',2'-tetrahydro-psi,psi-carotene-1,1'-diol
Formula
C40H56O2
Molecular Weight 
568.848 g/mol
Structure      Search similar carotenoids

Mol file
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Biological functions/Properties 
Number of
conjugated double bonds 
13
Number of
conjugated multiple bonds 
13
Isomers 
InChI

InChIKey

Canonical SMILES

XLogP
12.142
Hydrogen Bond donors
(Lipinski's definition)
2
Hydrogen Bond Acceptors
(Lipinski's definition)
2
LipinskiFailures
2
Complexity of molecule
0.000
Number of heavy atoms
42
TPSA
(Topological Polar Surface Area) 
40.460 Å2
Reaction
  • Substrate: CR00335
  • Product: CR00127,  CR00130
  • Pathway
  • Pathway: CB000019,  CB000020
  • Major carotenoid information

    Minor carotenoid information
    Minor carotenoid in Gemmatimonas aurantiaca strain T-27 (Ref.731).
    Source organisms
    Gemmatimonas aurantiaca (Ref.348) - Gemmatimonadetes (Gemmatimonadetes - Gemmatimonadaceae)
    Rhodobacter sphaeroides (Ref.208) - Alphaproteobacteria: phototrophic purple non-sulfur bacteria (Alphaproteobacteria - Rhodobacteraceae)
    References
  • Ref.348: Takaichi, Shinichi; Maoka, Takashi; Takasaki, Kazuto; Hanada, Satoshi, Microbiology (Reading, United Kingdom) (2010), 156(3), 757-763., "Carotenoids of Gemmatimonas aurantiaca (Gemmatimonadetes): Identification of a novel carotenoid, deoxyoscillol 2-rhamnoside, and proposed biosynthetic pathway of oscillol 2,2'-dirhamnoside".
  • Ref.208: M Albrecht, A Ruther, G Sandmann, J. Bacteriol. December 1997 vol. 179 no. 23 7462-7467, "Purification and biochemical characterization of a hydroxyneurosporene desaturase involved in the biosynthetic pathway of the carotenoid spheroidene in Rhodobacter sphaeroides.".
  • Ref.731: Shinichi Takaichi, Takashi Maoka, Kazuto Takasaki and Satoshi Hanada, Microbiology (2010), 156, 757–763, "Carotenoids of Gemmatimonas aurantiaca(Gemmatimonadetes): identification of a novel carotenoid, deoxyoscillol 2-rhamnoside, and proposed biosynthetic pathway of oscillol 2,2'-dirhamnoside".
  • CAS
    163595-76-4
    Links to other DB
    KNApSAcK: C00022890
    LipidBank: VCA1097
    ProCarDB: C1684

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