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Entry
CA00648                                                            

Classification
Carotenoid Name
Preprasinoxanthin
IUPAC name (3S,5R,6S,3'R,6'R)-5,6-Epoxy-3,3'-dihydroxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-beta,epsilon-caroten-8-one
Formula
C40H56O4
Molecular Weight 
600.848 g/mol
Structure      Search similar carotenoids

Mol file
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Biological functions/Properties 
Number of
conjugated double bonds 
9 including one ketone (9 in total)
Number of
conjugated multiple bonds 
9 including one ketone (9 in total)
Isomers 
InChI

InChIKey

Canonical SMILES

XLogP
9.298
Hydrogen Bond donors
(Lipinski's definition)
2
Hydrogen Bond Acceptors
(Lipinski's definition)
4
LipinskiFailures
2
Complexity of molecule
0.310
Number of heavy atoms
44
TPSA
(Topological Polar Surface Area) 
70.060 Å2
Reaction
  • Substrate: CR00168
  • Pathway
  • Pathway: CB000072,  CB000073
  • Major carotenoid information

    Minor carotenoid information

    Source organisms
    Prasinococcus capsulatus (Ref.46) - Green alga: Prasinophyte (Chlorophyta - Prasinococcales)
    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)".
  • CAS
    168781-52-0
    Links to other DB
    KNApSAcK: C00023034
    LipidBank: VCA1119

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