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Multiple oxidative modifications in the astaxanthin 189 biosynthetic pathway involving two αKG-dependent NHFe enzymes: CtrZ and CrtW. CrtZ hydroxylates either the 3 or 3′ position of the β-ionone ring, while CrtW oxidizes methylene to keto groups at the 4 or 4′ position of the β-ionone ring.263
