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... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Oxidoreductases > Oxygenases > Mixed Function Oxygenases > Fatty Acid Desaturases > beta-Carotene 15,15'-Monooxygenase

Preferred term

beta-Carotene 15,15'-Monooxygenase  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 15,15'-Dioxygenase, beta-Carotene
  • beta, beta-Carotene-15,15'-Dioxygenase
  • beta, beta-Carotene-15,15'-Monooxygenase
  • beta Carotene 15,15' Dioxygenase
  • beta-Carotene 15,15'-Dioxygenase
  • beta Carotene Cleaving Enzyme
  • beta-Carotene Cleaving Enzyme
  • Carotene Dioxygenase
  • Cleaving Enzyme, beta-Carotene
  • Dioxygenase, Carotene

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2006(1980); use OXYGENASES 1969-1979

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D050559

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