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Carotenoids DB: Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421   [   About  |   Help  |   Search carotenoid entry  |   Search organism entry  |   Search similar carotenoids  |   Predict biological activities of a carotenoid   ] Organism name Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421                                Find images with Google NCBI taxonomy ID 251221 Lineage Lineage (full); root; cellular organisms; Bacteria; Terrabacteria group; Cyanobacteria/Melainabacteria group; Cyanobacteria; Gloeobacteria; Gloeobacterales; Gloeobacteraceae; Gloeobacter; Description Cyanobacteria: rod-shape unicellular cyanobacterium, diverged very early during the evolution of cyanobacteria  (Primary producer of carotenoids)                              Japanese Carotenoid Profile   [   Reconstructed carotenoid biosynthesis pathways of the Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421 carotenoids  |   Search similar profiled organisms   ]  CA00964  Oscillol 2,2'-difucoside  (Ref.266)    CA00309  β-Carotene  (Ref.266)    CA00462  Echinenone  (Ref.266)   References Ref.266 : Tsuchiya T, Takaichi S, Misawa N, Maoka T, Miyashita H, Mimuro M., FEBS Lett. 2005 Apr 11;579(10):2125-9., "The cyanobacterium Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421 uses bacterial-type phytoene desaturase in carotenoid biosynthesis."    Search other references with Google Scholar