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Entry
CA00205                                                            

Classification
Carotenoid Name
Saproxanthin
IUPAC name 3',4'-Didehydro-1',2'-dihydro-beta,psi-carotene-3,1'-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 
12
Number of
conjugated multiple bonds 
12
Isomers 
InChI

InChIKey

Canonical SMILES

XLogP
11.353
Hydrogen Bond donors
(Lipinski's definition)
2
Hydrogen Bond Acceptors
(Lipinski's definition)
2
LipinskiFailures
2
Complexity of molecule
0.061
Number of heavy atoms
42
TPSA
(Topological Polar Surface Area) 
40.460 Å2
Reaction
Pathway
  • Pathway: CB000153
  • Major carotenoid information

    Minor carotenoid information

    Source organisms
    Saprospira grandis (Ref.161) - Bacteroidetes (Bacteroidetes - Saprospiraceae)
    Rhodopirellula rubra (Ref.755) - A marine genus of bacteria from the family of Planctomycetaceae isolated from the surface of macroalgae (Seaweed) (Planctomycetes - Planctomycetaceae)
    Rubinisphaera brasiliensis (Ref.755) - A member of the order Planctomycetales, a group of budding mostly aquatic microorganisms lacking peptidoglycan and representing a phylogenetically distinct lineage within the domain Bacteria. Isolated from a water sample of Lagoa Vermelha, a salt pit near Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. (Planctomycetes - Planctomycetaceae)
    References
  • Ref.161: Aasen, Arne J.; Jensen, Synnove Liaaen, Acta Chemica Scandinavica (1966), 20(3), 811-19., "Carotenoids of flexibacteria. II. A new xanthophyll from Saprospira grandis".
  • Ref.755: Nicolai Kallscheuer, Catia Moreira, Ruth Airs, Carole A. Llewellyn, Sandra Wiegand, Christian Jogler and Olga M. Lage, Environmental Microbiology Reports (2019) 00(00), 00–00, "Pink- and orange-pigmented Planctomycetes produce saproxanthin-type carotenoids including a rare C45 carotenoid", doi:10.1111/1758-2229.12796.
  • CAS
    10153-99-8
    Links to other DB
    KNApSAcK: C00022875
    LipidBank: VCA1180

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