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Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
all-trans-neoxanthin metabolic process +  
astaxanthin metabolic process +  
capsanthin metabolic process +  
capsorubin metabolic process +  
lutein metabolic process +   
spheroidene metabolic process +  
xanthophyll biosynthetic process +   
xanthophyll catabolic process +   
xanthophyll cycle 
A cyclic series of interconversions involving three xanthophylls, violoxanthin, antheraxanthin, and zeaxanthin. The xanthophyll cycle is involved in regulating energy dissipation in light harvesting complex II.
zeaxanthin metabolic process +   

Synonyms
Xrefs: MetaCyc:PWY-5945 ;   Wikipedia:Xanthophyll#Xanthophyll_cycle
Definition Sources: ISBN:0122146743

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