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Entry
CB000019                                                            
Name
Spirilloxanthin biosynthesis pathway III
Source organisms  
Rubrivivax gelatinosus
Starting material
CA00043: Lycopene
Final product
CA00096: Spirilloxanthin
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References
  • Ref.546 : Sabine STEIGER, Chantal ASTIER and Gerhard SANDMANN, Biochem. J. (2000) 349, 635–640, "Substrate specificity of the expressed carotenoid 3,4-desaturase from Rubrivivax gelatinosus reveals the detailed reaction sequence to spheroidene and spirilloxanthin"
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