Studies on models synthesised by stereochemically controlled routes show that the central triene chromophore in the common cis-isomer of phytoene (7,8,11,12,7′,8′,11′,12′-octahydrolycopene) has the trans, cis, trans-configuration, and that the phytoene from Flavobacterium dehydrogenans consists mainly of the all-trans-isomer.
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