# Neurosporene

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| ImageFile = Neurosporene.png
| ImageSize = 300px
| IUPACName = 7,8-Dihydro-ψ,ψ-carotene
| SystematicName = (6''E'',8''E'',10''E'',12''E'',14''E'',16''E'',18''E'',20''E'',22''E'',26''E'')-2,6,10,14,19,23,27,31-Octamethyldotriaconta-2,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,26,30-dodecaene
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| CASNo = 502-64-7
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| PubChem = 5280789
| ChEBI = 16833
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'''Neurosporene''' is a [carotenoid](/source/carotenoid) pigment.  It is an intermediate in the [biosynthesis](/source/biosynthesis) of [lycopene](/source/lycopene) and a variety of bacterial carotenoids.<ref>{{Cite journal | pmid = 7358679 | year = 1980 | last1 = Scolnik | first1 = PA | last2 = Walker | first2 = MA | last3 = Marrs | first3 = BL | title = Biosynthesis of carotenoids derived from neurosporene in Rhodopseudomonas capsulata | volume = 255 | issue = 6 | pages = 2427–32 | journal = The Journal of Biological Chemistry| doi = 10.1016/S0021-9258(19)85909-4 | doi-access = free }}</ref>

==References==
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