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Entry
CA00264                                                            

Classification
Carotenoid Name
Flexixanthin
IUPAC name (3S)-3,1'-Dihydroxy-3',4'-didehydro-1',2'-dihydro-beta,psi-caroten-4-one
Formula
C40H54O3
Molecular Weight 
582.832 g/mol
Structure      Search similar carotenoids

Mol file
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Biological functions/Properties 
Number of
conjugated double bonds 
13 including one ketone (13 in total)
Number of
conjugated multiple bonds 
13 including one ketone (13 in total)
Isomers 
InChI

InChIKey

Canonical SMILES

XLogP
10.919
Hydrogen Bond donors
(Lipinski's definition)
2
Hydrogen Bond Acceptors
(Lipinski's definition)
3
LipinskiFailures
2
Complexity of molecule
0.062
Number of heavy atoms
43
TPSA
(Topological Polar Surface Area) 
57.530 Å2
Reaction
Pathway
  • Pathway: CB000152
  • Major carotenoid information

    Minor carotenoid information

    Source organisms
    Flexibacter strain NIVA (Ref.244) - Bacteroidetes (Bacteroidetes - Cytophagaceae)
    Algoriphagus sp. (Ref.357) - CFB group bacteria: orange-pigmented bacterium isolated from marine sponge (Bacteroidetes - Cyclobacteriaceae)
    References
  • Ref.244: Andrewes, Arthur G.; Foss, Per; Borch, Gunner; Liaaen-Jensen, Synnoeve, Acta Chemica Scandinavica, Series B: Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (1984), B38(4), 337-9., "Bacterial carotenoids. 50. On the structures of (3S)-flexixanthin and (3S,2'S)-2'-hydroxyflexixanthin".
  • Ref.357: Luan Tao · Henry Yao · Hiroaki Kasai, Norihiko Misawa · Qiong Cheng, Mol Gen Genomics (2006), "A carotenoid synthesis gene cluster from Algoriphagus sp. KK10202C with a novel fusion-type lycopene -cyclase gene".
  • CAS
    14685-41-7
    Links to other DB
    KNApSAcK: C00023010
    LipidBank: VCA1020
    ProCarDB: C1437

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