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Organism name
Oscillantoria rubescens                                Find images with Google

NCBI taxonomy ID
Lineage
Description Cyanobacteria: other name is Planktothrix rubescens  (Primary producer of carotenoids)                              Japanese
Carotenoid Profile   [   Reconstructed carotenoid biosynthesis pathways of the Oscillantoria rubescens carotenoids  |   Search similar profiled organisms   ]

CA00051  ζ-Carotene  (Ref.2)


CA00127  Oscillaxanthin  (Ref.1)


CA00230  Myxol 2'-rhamnoside  (Ref.1)


CA00309  β-Carotene  (Ref.1)


CA00322  β-Cryptoxanthin  (Ref.1)


CA00328  Zeaxanthin  (Ref.1)


CA00462  Echinenone  (Ref.1)


CA00475  3'-Hydroxyechinenone  (Ref.3)


References
  • Ref.2 : D. Chamovitz, I. Peeker, and J. Hirtschberg, Plant Molecular Biology 16: 967-974, 1991 "The molecular basis of resistance to the herbicide norflurazon"
  • Ref.1 : S. Hertzberg, S. Liaaen-Jensen, and H. W. Siegelman, Phytochemistry, 1971, Vol. 10, pp. 3121 - 3127 "The carotenois of blue-green algae"
  • Ref.3 : T. K. Holt and D. W. Krogmann, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 637 (1981) 408-414 "A carotenoid-protein from cyanobacteria"

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