Faasino i le vaega o loo i lalo ma tali le fesili mulimuli ane i le gagana lava lea e tasi e pei o le vaega:  Faʻasologa: O le biosynthesis unconditioned o lycopene i eukaryotic laʻau ma i prokaryotic cyanobacteria e tutusa, e pei foi o enzymes aofia ai. E amata le tuufaatasiga i le mevalonic acid, lea e liua i le dimethylallyl pyrophosphate. Ona faʻapipiʻi lea i ni vaega se tolu o le isopentenyl pyrophosphate (o se isomer o le dimethylallyl pyrophosphate), e maua ai le 20-carbon geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate. E lua molecules o lenei oloa ona faʻapipiʻiina lea i se siʻusiʻu-i-siʻusiʻu faʻatulagaina e maua ai le 40-carbon phytoene, o le muamua tuʻufaʻatasia laʻasaga i le carotenoid biosynthesis. E ala i le tele o laasaga o le desaturation, e liua ai le phytoene i le lycopene. O vaega e lua o le isoprene o le lycopene e mafai ona faʻasolosolo e gaosia ai le beta-carotene, lea e mafai ona liua i le tele o ituaiga o xanthophylls.  Fesili: O le ā le vailaau e manaʻomia ina ia amata ai le biosynthesis o le lycopene i laau eukaryotic?
o le mevalonic acid