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unsaturated version of phytane.
Phytene is also
found as the
functional group phytyl in many
organic molecules of
biological importance such as chlorophyll,...
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Appended to the
chlorin ring are
various side chains,
usually including a long
phytyl chain (C20H39O). The most
widely distributed form in
terrestrial plants...
- 62) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction chlorophyllide a +
phytyl diphosphate ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }
chlorophyll a + diphosphate...
- 3-hydroxy-2-methyl-3-
phytyl-2,3-dihydronaphthoquinone +
oxidized dithiothreitol ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } 2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydro-2-methyl-3-
phytyl-1,4-naphthoquinone...
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presence of a
phytyl sidechain.
Vitamin K1 has an (E)
trans double bond
responsible for its
biological activity, and two
chiral centers on the
phytyl sidechain...
- 2-methyl-3-
phytyl-1,4-naphthoquinone +
oxidized dithiothreitol ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } 2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydro-2-methyl-3-
phytyl-1,4-naphthoquinone...
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animal tissues (arterial walls, pancreas, and testes) by
replacement of the
phytyl tail with an
unsaturated geranylgeranyl tail
containing four
isoprene units...
- reductase. This
compound is used for the
biosynthesis of
tocopherols and the
phytyl functional group is used in the
formation of
chlorophyll a, ubiquinones...
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enzyme with
systematic name peptidyl-glutamate 4-carboxylase (2-methyl-3-
phytyl-1,4-naphthoquinone-epoxidizing). This
enzyme catalyses the
following chemical...
- and X, as well as
Protein S,
Protein C and
Protein Z
Vitamin K
deficiency Phytyl-substituted
naphthoquinone derivative Gut
microbiota (e.g. E. coli), dietary...
