Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  N'ụzọ: Nchịkọta ndụ nke lycopene na-enweghị ọnọdụ na osisi eukaryotic na na prokaryotic cyanobacteria yiri, dị ka enzymes ndị metụtara. Nchịkọta na-amalite site na mevalonic acid, nke a na-agbanwe n'ime dimethylallyl pyrophosphate. A na-ejikọta ya na atọ nke isopentenyl pyrophosphate (isomer nke dimethylallyl pyrophosphate), iji nye 20-carbon geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate. A na-agwakọtazi ụmụ irighiri ihe abụọ nke ngwaahịa a n'usoro iji mepụta phytoene nke nwere carbon iri anọ, nke bụ́ nzọụkwụ mbụ a na-eme n'ime carotenoid biosynthesis. Site n'ọtụtụ desaturation, phytoene na-agbanwe n'ime lycopene. A pụrụ iji ụdị abụọ nke isoprene nke lycopene mepụta beta-carotene, bụ nke a pụrụ ịgbanwe n'ime ụdị dịgasị iche iche nke xanthophylls.  Ajụjụ: Gịnị na-eme phytoene mgbe desaturation?
A na-atụgharị ya na lycopene