Synechoxanthin, an Aromatic C40 Xanthophyll that Is a Major Carotenoid in the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002
摘要:
A major aromatic, dicarboxylate carotenoid (> 15% of total) was isolated from the euryhaline cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002. This compound, which was given the common name synechoxanthin (1), has been assigned the structure (all-E) chi,chi-caroten-18,18'-dioic acid by a combination of spectroscopic (UV-vis, FT-IR, H-1 and C-13 NMR, LC-MS) and chemical methods. This discovery conclusively establishes that some cyanobacteria are capable of synthesizing aromatic carotenoids.
Synechoxanthin, an Aromatic C<sub>40</sub> Xanthophyll that Is a Major Carotenoid in the Cyanobacterium <i>Synechococcus</i> sp. PCC 7002
作者:Joel E. Graham、Juliette T. J. Lecomte、Donald A. Bryant
DOI:10.1021/np800310b
日期:2008.9.1
A major aromatic, dicarboxylate carotenoid (> 15% of total) was isolated from the euryhaline cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002. This compound, which was given the common name synechoxanthin (1), has been assigned the structure (all-E) chi,chi-caroten-18,18'-dioic acid by a combination of spectroscopic (UV-vis, FT-IR, H-1 and C-13 NMR, LC-MS) and chemical methods. This discovery conclusively establishes that some cyanobacteria are capable of synthesizing aromatic carotenoids.