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Entry
CB000064                                                            
Name
Fucoxanthin biosynthesis pathway in Phaeodactylum tricomutum
Source organisms  
Phaeodactylum tricornutum (alga)
Starting material
CA00328: Zeaxanthin
Final product
CA00519: Fucoxanthin
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References
  • Ref.524 : Michael Dambek, Ulrike Eilers, Jürgen Breitenbach, Sabine Steiger, Claudia Büchel and Gerhard Sandmann, Journal of Experimental Botany, doi:10.1093/jxb/ers211, "Biosynthesis of fucoxanthin and diadinoxanthin and function of initial pathway genes in Phaeodactylum tricornutum"
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