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neurosporene
Sign in to saveAlso known as (6E,8E,10E,12E,14E,16E,18E,20E,22E,26E)-2,6,10,14,19,23,27,31-octamethyldotriaconta-2,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,26,30-dodecaene
Neurosporene is a carotenoid pigment. It is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of lycopene and a variety of bacterial carotenoids.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C40H58
- Molecular weight
- 538.9 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- (6E,8E,10E,12E,14E,16E,18E,20E,22E,26E)-2,6,10,14,19,23,27,31-octamethyldotriaconta-2,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,26,30-dodecaene
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- carotenoid
- Mass
- 538.453852
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- chemical formula
- C₄₀H₅₈
- isomeric SMILES
- CC(=CCC/C(=C/CC/C(=C/C=C/C(=C/C=C/C=C(\C)/C=C/C=C(\C)/C=C/C=C(\C)/CCC=C(C)C)/C)/C)/C)C
- canonical SMILES
- CC(=CCCC(=CCCC(=CC=CC(=CC=CC=C(C)C=CC=C(C)C=CC=C(C)CCC=C(C)C)C)C)C)C
- found in taxon
- Pantoea agglomerans
- Commons category
- Neurosporene
- subject has role
- primary metabolite
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Neurosporene is a carotenoid pigment. It is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of lycopene and a variety of bacterial carotenoids.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “neurosporene” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.