CHEBI:27867 - antheraxanthin

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ChEBI Name antheraxanthin
ChEBI ID CHEBI:27867
Definition An epoxycarotenol that is β-carotene-3,3'-diol in which one of the one of the endocyclic double bonds has been oxidised to the corresponding epoxide. It is a neutral yellow plant pigment found in Euglenophyta.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:2749, CHEBI:22566
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Formula C40H56O3
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 584.87084
Monoisotopic Mass 584.42295
InChI InChI=1S/C40H56O3/c1-29(17-13-19-31(3)21-22-36-33(5)25-34(41)26-37(36,6)7)15-11-12-16-30(2)18-14-20-32(4)23-24-40-38(8,9)27-35(42)28-39(40,10)43-40/h11-24,34-35,41-42H,25-28H2,1-10H3/b12-11+,17-13+,18-14+,22-21+,24-23+,29-15+,30-16+,31-19+,32-20+/t34-,35+,39-,40+/m1/s1
InChIKey OFNSUWBAQRCHAV-OYQUVCAXSA-N
SMILES CC(\C=C\C=C(C)\C=C\C1=C(C)C[C@@H](O)CC1(C)C)=C/C=C/C=C(C)/C=C/C=C(C)/C=C/[C@@]12O[C@]1(C)C[C@@H](O)CC2(C)C
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): biological pigment
An endogenous molecular entity that results in a colour of an organism as the consequence of the selective absorption of light.
plant metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
marine metabolite
Any metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in marine macro- and microorganisms.
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing antheraxanthin (CHEBI:27867) has role biological pigment (CHEBI:26130)
antheraxanthin (CHEBI:27867) has role marine metabolite (CHEBI:76507)
antheraxanthin (CHEBI:27867) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
antheraxanthin (CHEBI:27867) is a epoxycarotenol (CHEBI:35307)
IUPAC Name
(3R,3'S,5'R,6'S)-5',6'-dihydro-5',6'-epoxy-β,β-carotene-3,3'-diol
Synonyms Sources
5,6-epoxy-5,6-dihydro-β,β-carotene-3,3'-diol ChEBI
all-trans-antheraxanthin UniProt
Antheraxanthin KEGG COMPOUND
Manual Xrefs Databases
C00003760 KNApSAcK
C08579 KEGG COMPOUND
CPD1F-131 MetaCyc
HMDB0035831 HMDB
LMPR01070262 LIPID MAPS
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
101042 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
101042 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
640-03-9 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Citations Waiting for Citations Types Sources
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Last Modified
13 April 2015