Synechoxanthin, an aromatic C40 xanthophyll that is a major carotenoid in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002.
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, (1)H and (13)C NMR, LC-MS) and chemical methods. This discovery conclusively establishes that some cyanobacteria are capable of synthesizing aromatic carotenoids.
Graham
Joel E
JE
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.
Lecomte
Juliette T J
JT
Bryant
Donald A
DA
D002338:Carotenoids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D046940:Synechococcus / Q000737:chemistry*
C532733:synechoxanthin; D002338:Carotenoids