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Entry
CA00610                                                            
Classification
Carotenoid Name
Micromonol
IUPAC name (3R,3'R,6'R)-7',8'-Dihydro-beta,epsilon-carotene-3,3',19'-triol
Formula
C40H58O3
Molecular Weight 
586.864 g/mol
Structure      Search similar carotenoids

Mol file
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Biological functions/Properties 
Number of
conjugated double bonds 
9
Number of
conjugated multiple bonds 
9
Isomers 
  • Constitutional isomer: CA00181, CA00379, CA01235
    • InChI

    InChIKey

    Canonical SMILES

    XLogP
    9.406
    Hydrogen Bond donors
    (Lipinski's definition)
    3
    Hydrogen Bond Acceptors
    (Lipinski's definition)
    3
    LipinskiFailures
    2
    Complexity of molecule
    0.297
    Number of heavy atoms
    43
    TPSA
    (Topological Polar Surface Area) 
    60.690 Å2
    Reaction
  • Substrate: CR00112
  • Product: CR00001
    • Pathway
  • Pathway: CB000035,  CB000045,  CB000074,  CB000075
    • Major carotenoid information

    Minor carotenoid information
    Minor pigment in prasinophytes (Ref.707).
    Source organisms
    Mantoniella squamata (Ref.46, Ref.47) - Green alga: Prasinophyte (Chlorophyta - Mamiellaceae)
    Micromonas pusilla (Ref.46, Ref.47) - Green alga: Prasinophyte (Chlorophyta - Mamiellaceae)
    References
  • Ref.46: E. S. Egeland, R. R. L. Guillard, and S. Liaaen-Jensen, Phytochemistry, Vol. 44, No. 6, pp.1087-1097, 1997, "Additional carotenoid prototype representatices and general chemosystematic evaluation of carotenoids in prasinophyceae (chlorophyta)".
  • Ref.47: E. S. Egeland, W. Eikrem, J. Throndsen, C. Wilhelm, M. Zapata, and S. Liaaen-Jensen, Biochemical systematics and Ecology, Vol. 23, NO. 7/8, pp. 747-755, 1995 "Carotenoids from Further Prasinophytes".
  • Ref.707: Suzanne Roy et al., Phytoplankton Pigments Characterization, Chemotaxonomy and Applications in Oceanography, October 2011, Cambridge University Press, pp 665-674, "Part VII - Data sheets aiding identification of phytoplankton carotenoids and chlorophylls", available at http://www.cambridge.org/gb/files/2013/6697/5826/Data_sheets_part_3_Xanthophylls.pdf, ISBN: 9781107000667.
    • CAS
    169217-36-1
    Links to other DB
    KNApSAcK: C00022919

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