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beta-Carotene 15,15'-Monooxygenase
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Definition
: A monooxygenase that catalyzes the conversion of BETA-CAROTENE into two molecules of RETINAL. It was formerly characterized as EC 1.13.11.21 and EC 1.18.3.1.
Other names
beta Carotene Cleaving Enzyme; beta Carotene 15,15' Monooxygenase; beta Carotene 15,15' Dioxygenase; Dioxygenase, Carotene; Cleaving Enzyme, beta-
Carotene; 15,15'-
Monooxygenase, beta-
Carotene; 15,15'-
Dioxygenase, beta-
Carotene; beta-
Carotene Cleaving Enzyme; beta-
Carotene 15,15'-
Dioxygenase; beta, beta-
Carotene-
15,15'-
Monooxygenase; beta, beta-
Carotene-
15,15'-
Dioxygenase; Carotene Dioxygenase
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RPE65 protein, Ciona
EC 1.18.3.1
*beta-Carotene 15,15'-Monooxygenase.
Photochem Photobiol. 2006 Nov-Dec;82(6):1468-74
ninaB protein, Drosophila
EC 1.14.99.36
*Drosophila Proteins
*beta-Carotene 15,15'-Monooxygenase.
Bcmo1 protein, mouse
EC 1.14.99.36
*beta-Carotene 15,15'-Monooxygenase.
BCMO1 protein, human
EC 1.14.99.36
*beta-Carotene 15,15'-Monooxygenase.
Bcdo protein, rat
EC 1.14.99.36
*beta-Carotene 15,15'-Monooxygenase.