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Entry
CA00666                                                            

Classification
Carotenoid Name
Siphonaxanthin dodecenoate
IUPAC name (3R,3'R,6'R)-19-(trans-Dodec-2-enoyloxy)-3,3'-dihydroxy-7,8-dihydro-beta,epsilon-caroten-8-one
Formula
C52H76O5
Molecular Weight 
781.128 g/mol
Structure      Search similar carotenoids

Mol file
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Biological functions/Properties 
Number of
conjugated double bonds 
9 and 2 including one ketone (11 in total)
Number of
conjugated multiple bonds 
9 and 2 including one ketone (11 in total)
Isomers 
InChI

InChIKey

Canonical SMILES

XLogP
14.177
Hydrogen Bond donors
(Lipinski's definition)
2
Hydrogen Bond Acceptors
(Lipinski's definition)
5
LipinskiFailures
2
Complexity of molecule
0.226
Number of heavy atoms
57
TPSA
(Topological Polar Surface Area) 
83.830 Å2
Reaction
  • Substrate: CR00202
  • Product: CR00285
  • Pathway
  • Pathway: CB000065
  • Major carotenoid information
    Dominant pigment in mesostigmatophytes (Ref.707).
    Minor carotenoid information
    Minor in chlorophytes. Also in siphonous green seaweeds. Occasional in prasinophytes. (Ref.707)
    Source organisms
    Chlamydomonas parkeae (Ref.15) - Green alga: Chlamydomonadales, unicellular marine flagellate (Chlorophyta - Chlamydomonadaceae)
    Pyramimonas amylifera  - Green alga: Prasinophyte same as Polyblepharides amylifera (Chlorophyta - Pyramimonadales)
    References
  • Ref.15: T. Sasa, S. Suda, M. M. Watanabe, S. Takaichi, Plant Cell Physiol. 33(5): 527-534(1992) "A novel carotenoid ester, Loroxanthin dodecenoate, from Pyramimonas parkeae (Prasinophyceae) and Chlorarachniophycean alga".
  • 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
    39704-43-3
    Links to other DB
    LipidBank: VCA1077

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