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Entry
CR00434                                                            

Classification
Name

Definiton
Astaxanthin = Astacene
Substrate
CA00502 (3S,3'S)-Astaxanthin (3-OH, 3'-OH, 4=O, 4'=O, beta,beta)
Product
CA00491 Astacene (2,3--H, 2',3'--H, 3-OH, 3'-OH, 4=O, 4'=O, beta,beta)
Comment

Structure change

Chemical Fingerprint Changes 
Chemical Fingerprint Changes 
(improved)
Chemical Fingerprint Changes 
(improved ver.2)
EC number

Protein Name

Organism(s) in references
Green alga: Scenedesmus obliquus
Data sources/References
  • Ref.674 : Norman I. Bishop, Thomas Urbig, Horst Senger, FEBS Letters 367 (1995) 158-162, "Complete separation of the fl,e- and fl,fl-carotenoid biosynthetic pathways by a unique mutation of the lycopene cyclase in the green alga, Scenedesmus obliquus"
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