This gene encodes an enzyme which oxidizes carotenoids such as beta-carotene during the biosynthesis of vitamin A. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2012]
Accession: | NM_001037290 |
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基因名称: | BCO2 |
基因别名: | BCDO2; B-DIOX-II |
基因描述: | Homo sapiens beta-carotene oxygenase 2 (BCO2), transcript variant 2, mRNA. |
种属: | Human |
CDS区长度: | 1638 (查看编码区序列) |
翻译后氨基酸长度: | 545 (查看氨基酸序列) |
Transcript Variant: | This variant (2) contains an alternate segment in the 5' UTR and uses a downstream start codon compared to variant 1. The resulting protein (isoform b) has a shorter N-terminus compared to isoform a. |
人 BCO2 (NM_031938) cDNA克隆 | transcript variant 1 |
人 BCO2 (NM_001037290) cDNA克隆 | transcript variant 2 |
人 BCO2 (NM_001256397) cDNA克隆 | transcript variant 3 |
人 BCO2 (NM_001256398) cDNA克隆 | transcript variant 4 |
人 BCO2 (NM_001256400) cDNA克隆 | transcript variant 5 |
This gene encodes an enzyme which oxidizes carotenoids such as beta-carotene during the biosynthesis of vitamin A. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2012]