Gene: BCO2

Basic information

Tag Content
Uniprot ID Q9BYV7; B0YIX5; B4DNC3; E9PBI8; E9PJJ1; Q8IUS0; Q96JC8; Q96JY5;
Entrez ID 83875
Genbank protein ID EAW67192.1; AAH41656.2; CAC27994.1; BAG60185.1; BAB55379.1; ACA05952.1; AAK69433.1;
Genbank nucleotide ID NM_001037290.2; NM_001256397.1; NM_031938.5; NM_001256400.1; NM_001256398.1;
Ensembl protein ID ENSP00000437053; ENSP00000414843; ENSP00000431802; ENSP00000350314; ENSP00000354338; ENSP00000436615;
Ensembl nucleotide ID ENSG00000197580
Gene name Beta,beta-carotene 9',10'-oxygenase
Gene symbol BCO2
Organism Homo sapiens
NCBI taxa ID 9606
Cleft type
Developmental stage
Data sources Homology search
Reference
Functional description Asymmetrically cleaves beta-carotene at the 9',10' double bond resulting in the formation of beta-apo-10'-carotenal and beta-ionone. Besides beta-carotene, lycopene is also oxidatively cleaved. The apocarotenals formed by this enzyme may be the precursors for the biosynthesis of retinoic acid or exert unknown physiological effects.
Sequence
MFFRVFLHFI RSHSATAVDF LPVMVHRLPV FKRYMGNTPQ KKAVFGQCRG LPCVAPLLTT 60
VEEAPRGISA RVWGHFPKWL NGSLLRIGPG KFEFGKDKYN HWFDGMALLH QFRMAKGTVT 120
YRSKFLQSDT YKANSAKNRI VISEFGTLAL PDPCKNVFER FMSRFELPGK AAAMTDNTNV 180
NYVRYKGDYY LCTETNFMNK VDIETLEKTE KVDWSKFIAV NGATAHPHYD LDGTAYNMGN 240
SFGPYGFSYK VIRVPPEKVD LGETIHGVQV ICSIASTEKG KPSYYHSFGM TRNYIIFIEQ 300
PLKMNLWKIA TSKIRGKAFS DGISWEPQCN TRFHVVEKRT GQLLPGRYYS KPFVTFHQIN 360
AFEDQGCVII DLCCQDNGRT LEVYQLQNLR KAGEGLDQVH NSAAKSFPRR FVLPLNVSLN 420
APEGDNLSPL SYTSASAVKQ ADGTIWCSHE NLHQEDLEKE GGIEFPQIYY DRFSGKKYHF 480
FYGCGFRHLV GDSLIKVDVV NKTLKVWRED GFYPSEPVFV PAPGTNEEDG GVILSVVITP 540
NQNESNFILV LDAKNFEELG RAEVPVQMPY GFHGTFIPI 579

Abbreviation :
CLO : cleft lip only. CPO : cleft palate only. CLP : cleft lip and palate. CL/P : cleft lip with/without cleft palate.
For humans: CL/P, CLO, CPO, and CLP. For mice: CLO, CLP, and CPO.

Gene expression information

Gene expression in different tissues (GTEx V7)