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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Li L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6393565 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20190227 1
While the majority of the natural carotenoid pigments are based on 40-carbon (C<sub>40</sub>) skeleton, some carotenoids from bacteria have larger C<sub>50</sub> skeleton, biosynthesized by attaching two isoprene units (C<sub>5</sub>) to both sides of the C<sub>40</sub> carotenoid pigment lycopene. Subsequent cyclization reactions result in the production of C<sub>50</sub> carotenoids with diverse and unique skeletal structures. To produce even larger nonnatural novel carotenoids with C<sub>50</ ...[more]