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Abstract
Detailed studies of the properties of carotenoids isolated from diphenylamine-inhibited cultures of Rhodospirillum rubrum have revealed a number of novel structures that indicate new features of carotenoid biosynthesis in the photosynthetic bacteria. Both neurosporene and 7,8,11,12-tetrahydrolycopene undergo hydration, methylation and dehydrogenation to yield spheroidene and 11',12'-dihydrospheroidene respectively; all the intermediates in these pathways have been identified. These pathways represent alternative routes of anhydrorhodovibrin and spirilloxanthin biosynthesis.Entities:
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Year: 1970 PMID: 5411421 PMCID: PMC1185329 DOI: 10.1042/bj1160101
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857