| Protein Name | beta-carotene oxygenase 1 |
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| Organism | Danio rerio |
| Gene ID | 84039 |
| Gene Symbol | bco1 |
| UniProt | Q7ZTS0 (Q7ZTS0_DANRE) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
3
Total Number of Articles : 2 |
Description |
beta-carotene oxygenase 1 |
| Gene Summary |
Enables beta-carotene 15,15'-dioxygenase activity. Acts upstream of or within eye photoreceptor cell differentiation and hindbrain development. Is expressed in gut; liver; neural crest; ovary; and xanthophore. Orthologous to human BCO1 (beta-carotene oxygenase 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025] |
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