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Vitamin A metabolism is important for vital processes such as vision, embryonic development, cell differentiation, and membrane and skin protection. The protein encoded by this gene is a key enzyme in beta-carotene metabolism to vitamin A. It catalyzes the oxidative cleavage of beta, beta-carotene into two retinal molecules.
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Protein Aliases: Beta,beta-carotene 15,15'-dioxygenase; beta,beta-carotene 15,15'-monooxygenase; beta-carotene 15 15'-dioxygenase; beta-carotene 15 15-dioxygenase; beta-carotene 15, 15'-dioxygenase; beta-carotene 15, 15'-dioxygenase 1; beta-carotene 15, 15-dioxygenase; beta-carotene 15,15'-monooxygenase 1; Beta-carotene dioxygenase 1; Beta-carotene oxygenase 1
Gene Aliases: BCDO; BCDO1; BCMO; BCMO1; BCO; BCO1
UniProt ID: (Human) Q9HAY6
Entrez Gene ID: (Pig) 100192320, (Human) 53630, (Rat) 114106
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