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Organism name
Euglena gracilis                                Find images with Google

NCBI taxonomy ID
Lineage
Description Alga: Euglena  (Primary producer of carotenoids)                              Japanese
Carotenoid Profile   [   Reconstructed carotenoid biosynthesis pathways of the Euglena gracilis carotenoids  |   Search similar profiled organisms   ]

CA00191  γ-Carotene  (Ref.37)


CA00309  β-Carotene 


CA00322  β-Cryptoxanthin 


CA00324  Diatoxanthin 


CA00348  Heteroxanthin 


CA00404  Diadinoxanthin 


CA00410  Mutatoxanthin  (Ref.37)


CA00407  Antheraxanthin  (Ref.37)


CA00414  Neoxanthin 


CA00422  (9'Z)-Neoxanthin  (Ref.14)


CA00462  Echinenone 


CA00468  3-Oxoechinenone 


CA00471  Canthaxanthin 


CA00474  (3S)-3-Hydroxyechinenone  (Ref.37)


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.14 : S. Tkaichi, and M. Mimuro, Plant Cell Physiol. 39(9): 968-977 (1998) "Distribution and Geometric Isomerism of Neoxanthin in Oxygenic Phototrophs: 9'-Cis, a Sole Molecular Form"

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