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_001256397 |
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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 3, mRNA. |
| 种属: | Human |
| CDS区长度: | 1620 (查看编码区序列) |
| 翻译后氨基酸长度: | 539 (查看氨基酸序列) |
| Transcript Variant: | This variant (3) contains an alternate segment in the 5' UTR, uses a downstream start codon and an alternate in-frame splice site in the 3' coding region compared to variant 1. The resulting protein (isoform c) 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]