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Entry
CA00331                                                            

Classification
Carotenoid Name
Isozeaxanthin
IUPAC name beta,beta-Carotene-4,4'-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 
11
Number of
conjugated multiple bonds 
11
Isomers 
InChI

InChIKey

Canonical SMILES

XLogP
10.674
Hydrogen Bond donors
(Lipinski's definition)
2
Hydrogen Bond Acceptors
(Lipinski's definition)
2
LipinskiFailures
1
Complexity of molecule
0.306
Number of heavy atoms
42
TPSA
(Topological Polar Surface Area) 
40.460 Å2
Reaction
Pathway
  • Pathway: CB000105
  • Major carotenoid information

    Minor carotenoid information

    Source organisms
    Merismopedia punctata (Ref.1) - Cyanobacteria: colony square or rectangular (Cyanobacteria - Merismopediaceae)
    Calothrix parietina (Ref.1) - Cyanobacteria: a hair-forming cyanobacteria rom an upland stream (Cyanobacteria - Rivulariaceae)
    Microcoleus paludosus (Ref.1) - Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria - Microcoleaceae)
    Microcystis aeruginosa (Ref.1) - Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria - Microcystaceae)
    Nostoc commune (Ref.1) - Cyanobacteria: star jelly, witch's butter, mare's eggs, fah-tsai and facai, eaten as a salad (Cyanobacteria - Nostocaceae)
    Phormidium ectocarpi (Ref.1) - Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria - Oscillatoriaceae)
    Phormidium percicinum (Ref.1) - Cyanobacteria (Cyanobacteria - Oscillatoriaceae)
    Rhacophorus bipunctatus (Ref.421) - Himalaya flying frog (Chordata - Rhacophoridae)
    Xipholena punicea (Ref.272) - Bird: pompadour cotinga (Chordata - Cotingidae)
    References
  • Ref.1: S. Hertzberg, S. Liaaen-Jensen, and H. W. Siegelman, Phytochemistry, 1971, Vol. 10, pp. 3121 - 3127 "The carotenois of blue-green algae".
  • Ref.272: Amy M. LaFountain, Shanti Kaligotla, Shannon Cawley, Ken M. Riedl, Steven J. Schwartz, Harry A. Frank, and Richard O. Prum, Arch Biochem Biophys. 2010 Dec 1; 504(1): 10.1016/j.abb.2010.08.006., doi: 10.1016/j.abb.2010.08.006, "Novel methoxy-carotenoids from the burgundy-colored plumage of the Pompadour Cotinga Xipholena punicea".
  • Ref.421: Pinky Baruah and Goswami UC., Journal of Research in Biology, pp.114-118, 2012, Vol.2, No.2, "Characterization of carotenoid pigments in amphibian, Rhacophorous bipunctatus".
  • CAS
    29065-03-0
    Links to other DB
    KNApSAcK: C00022868
    MassBank: CA000153

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