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Entry
CA00164                                                            

Classification
Carotenoid Name
Demethylspheroidenone;
Desmethylspheroidenone
IUPAC name 1-Hydroxy-3,4-didehydro-1,2,7',8'-tetrahydro-psi,psi-caroten-2-one
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 
11 including one ketone (11 in total)
Number of
conjugated multiple bonds 
11 including one ketone (11 in total)
Isomers 
InChI

InChIKey

Canonical SMILES

XLogP
12.117
Hydrogen Bond donors
(Lipinski's definition)
1
Hydrogen Bond Acceptors
(Lipinski's definition)
2
LipinskiFailures
2
Complexity of molecule
0.000
Number of heavy atoms
42
TPSA
(Topological Polar Surface Area) 
37.300 Å2
Reaction
Pathway
Major carotenoid information

Minor carotenoid information

Source organisms
Rhodopseudomonas capsulata (Ref.340) - Alphaproteobacteria: phototrophic purple non-sulfur bacteria (Alphaproteobacteria - Rhodobacteraceae)
Rhodobaca bogoriensis (Ref.339) - Alphaproteobacteria: alkaliphilic purple non-sulfur bacteria from African Rift Valley soda lakes (Alphaproteobacteria - Rhodobacteraceae)
References
  • Ref.339: Takaichi, Shinichi; Jung, Deborah O.; Madigan, Michael T., Photosynthesis Research (2001), 67(3), 207-214., "Accumulation of unusual carotenoids in the spheroidene pathway, demethylspheroidene and demethylspheroidenone, in an alkaliphilic purple nonsulfur bacterium Rhodobaca bogoriensis".
  • Ref.340: Manwaring, Jacqueline; Evans, E. Hilary; Britton, George; Schneider, Dieter R., FEBS Letters (1980), 110(1), 47-9., "The identification of demethylspheroidenone as a major carotenoid in aerobic cultures of Rhodopseudomonas capsulata".
  • CAS
    70303-34-3
    Links to other DB
    KNApSAcK: C00000924
    LipidBank: VCA1070

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