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Entry
CA00474                                                            

Classification
Carotenoid Name
(3S)-3-Hydroxyechinenone
IUPAC name (3S)-3-Hydroxy-beta,beta-caroten-4-one
Formula
C40H54O2
Molecular Weight 
566.832 g/mol
Structure      Search similar carotenoids

Mol file
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Biological functions/Properties 
Number of
conjugated double bonds 
12 including one ketone (12 in total)
Number of
conjugated multiple bonds 
12 including one ketone (12 in total)
Isomers 
InChI

InChIKey

Canonical SMILES

XLogP
12.215
Hydrogen Bond donors
(Lipinski's definition)
1
Hydrogen Bond Acceptors
(Lipinski's definition)
2
LipinskiFailures
1
Complexity of molecule
0.312
Number of heavy atoms
42
TPSA
(Topological Polar Surface Area) 
37.300 Å2
Reaction
  • Product: CR00236
  • Pathway
  • Pathway: CB000059,  CB000061
  • Major carotenoid information

    Minor carotenoid information

    Source organisms
    Rhizobium lupini (Ref.449) - Alphaproteobacteria: root nodule bacterium (Alphaproteobacteria - Rhizobiaceae)
    Euglena gracilis var. bacillarus (Ref.41) - Alga: Euglena (Euglenida - Euglenaceae)
    Euglena gracilis (Ref.37) - Alga: Euglena (Euglenida - Euglenaceae)
    Protousnea sp. (Ref.388) - Fungi: lichen (Ascomycota - Lecanorineae)
    Gymnogobius castaneus (Ref.772) - Bony fish: Rosary goby, small goby(4~6 cm body length)that inhabits the middle stretches of rivers, lakes, and lagoons in North Eastern Japan. Its tail fin is bright orange in color. (Chordata - Gobiidae)
    References
  • Ref.37: N. I. Krinsky, and T. H. Goldsmith, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 91, 271-279 (1960), "The Carotenoids of the Flagellated Alga, Euglena gracilis".
  • Ref.41: N. I. Krinsky, A. Gordon, and A. I. Stern, Plant Physiol 39: 441-445 1964, "The appearance of Neoxanthin during the Regreenin g of Dark-grown Euglena".
  • Ref.388: B. Czeczuga, E. Czeczuga-Semeniuk, S. Calvelo, and S. Liberatore, Journal of Botanical Taxonomy and Geobotany, Volume 116, Issue 3-4, pages 195–200, August 2005, "Carotenoids in representatives of the Protousnea (Parmeliaceae), endemic genus from South America".
  • Ref.449: Kleinig, Hans; Heumann, Wolfram; Meister, Walter; Englert, Gerhard, Helvetica Chimica Acta (1979), 62(8), 2551-7., "Carotenoids of Rhizobia. I. New carotenoids from Rhizobium lupini".
  • Ref.772: Takashi Maoka, J. Oleo Sci. 67, (10) 1259-1263 (2018), “New Acetylenic Carotenoid 6’-Epimonadoxanthin from the Rosary Goby Gymnogobius castaneus”, doi: 10.5650/jos.ess18153.
  • CAS
    4339-77-9, 29156-39-6
    Links to other DB
    KEGG COMPOUND: C15966
    KNApSAcK: C00022977
    LipidBank: VCA1015

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