X-ray crystal structures of diacetates of 6-s-cis and 6-s-trans astaxanthin and of 7,8-didehydroastaxanthin and 7,8,7′,8′-tetradehydroastaxanthin: comparison with free and protein-bound asta­xanthins

Bartalucci, G.; Fisher, S.; Helliwell, J.R.; Helliwell, M.; Liaaen-Jensen, S.; Warren, J.E.; Wilkinson, J.

doi:10.1107/S0108768109004649

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Figure 10
Comparison of the s-trans conformer of astaxanthin diacetate, s-trans-(1) (in red) with protein AXT1 [omitting the ester groups of s-trans-(1) for clarity]; (a) viewed down the plane of the polyene chain showing the bowing of the protein AXT1 polyene chain; (b) looking down on the polyene chain.

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Volume 65| Part 2| March 2009| Pages 238-247

doi:10.1107/S0108768109004649

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