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Organism name
Eutreptiella gymnastica                                Find images with Google

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

CA00309  β-Carotene  (Ref.45)


CA00320  Anhydrodiatoxanthin  (Ref.45)


CA00324  Diatoxanthin  (Ref.45)


CA00404  Diadinoxanthin  (Ref.45)


CA00414  Neoxanthin  (Ref.45)


CA00422  (9'Z)-Neoxanthin  (Ref.14)


CA00587  α-Carotene  (Ref.45)


CA00667  Siphonein  (Ref.45)


References
  • Ref.45 : A. Fiksdahl, T. Bjoernland, and S. Liaaen-Jensen, Phytochemistry, Vol. 23, No.3, pp. 649-655, 1984, "Algal carotenoids with novel end groups"
  • 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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