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                            (A member of the order Planctomycetales, a group of budding mostly aquatic microorganisms lacking peptidoglycan and representing a phylogenetically distinct lineage within the domain Bacteria. Isolated from a water sample of Lagoa Vermelha, a salt pit near Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.)
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  1. CA00205 (Saproxanthin)
  2. CA01222 (Dehydroflexixanthin)
  3. CA01223 (2'-Isopentenyldehydrosaproxanthin)
☀ Pathway unconstructed carotenoids: None
☀ Lycopene biosynthesis type: Possibly bacterial type


  ☀ CA01223 (2'-Isopentenyldehydrosaproxanthin) biosynthesis pathway

   Path: CA00043 (Lycopene) -> CA00073 (Rhodopin) -> CA00070 (3,4-Dehydrorhodopin) -> CA00217 (1'-Hydroxytorulene) -> CA00205 (Saproxanthin) -> CA00219 (2'-Isopentylsaproxanthin) -> CA01223 (2'-Isopentenyldehydrosaproxanthin)

   See: CB000153 (CA00043 -> CA00073 -> CA00070 -> CA00217 -> CA00205 -> CA00219 -> CA01223)

   Necessary enzymes for those reactions in theory: CrtC (CR00229: CA00043 -> CA00073) --> CrtD (CR00120: CA00073 -> CA00070) --> unknown (CA00070 -> CA00217) --> unknown (CA00217 -> CA00205) --> unknown (CA00205 -> CA00219) --> unknown (CA00219 -> CA01223)




  ☀ CA01222 (Dehydroflexixanthin) biosynthesis pathway

   Path: CA00043 (Lycopene) -> CA00073 (Rhodopin) -> CA00070 (3,4-Dehydrorhodopin) -> CA00217 (1'-Hydroxytorulene) -> CA00270 (Deoxyflexixanthin) -> CA00264 (Flexixanthin) -> CA01222 (Dehydroflexixanthin)

   See: CB000152 (CA00043 -> CA00073 -> CA00070 -> CA00217 -> CA00270 -> CA00264 -> CA01222)

   Necessary enzymes for those reactions in theory: CrtC (CR00229: CA00043 -> CA00073) --> CrtD (CR00120: CA00073 -> CA00070) --> unknown (CA00070 -> CA00217) --> unknown (CA00217 -> CA00270) --> unknown (CA00270 -> CA00264) --> unknown (CA00264 -> CA01222)




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