Studies in carotenogenesis. 23. The nature of the carotenoids in the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas spheroides (Arthiorhodaceae)
- 1 November 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 64 (3), 486-492
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj0640486
Abstract
The 2 main pigments (R and Y) of R. spheroides were isolated and their properties recorded. Pigment R (spheroidenone) has the probable structure 5:6-dihydro-4-methoxylycopen-6-one. Pigment Y, which is unstable in the crystalline state, is possibly a dihydromethoxylycopene.Keywords
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