BCO2 (Vector pUC, Accession No. BC041656)

Length: 1452 Sequence: atggtgcacc ggctcccagt tttcaaaagg tacatgggaa atactcctca gaaaaaagcc gtctttgggc agtgtcgggg tctgccatgt gttgcaccgc tgctgaccac agtggaagag gctccacggg gcatctctgc tcgagtctgg ggacattttc ctaagtggct caatggctct ctacttcgaa ttggacctgg gaaattcgag tttgggaagg ataagtacaa tcattggttt gatgggatgg cgctgcttca ccagttcaga atggcaaagg gcacagtgac atacaggagc aagtttctac agagtgatac atataaggcc aacagtgcta aaaaccgaat tgtgatctca gaatttggca cactggctct cccggatcca tgcaagaatg tttttgaacg tttcatgtcc aggtttgagc tgcctggtaa agctgcaggt ttctcctata aggttattcg ggttcctcca gagaaggtgg accttgggga gacaatccat ggagtccagg tgatatgttc tattgcttct acagagaaag ggaaaccttc ttactaccat agctttggaa tgacaaggaa ctatataatt ttcattgaac aacctctaaa gatgaacctg tggaaaattg ccacttctaa aattcgggga aaggcctttt cagatgggat aagctgggaa ccccagtgta atacgcggtt tcatgtggtg gaaaaacgca ctggacagct ccttccaggg agatactaca gcaaaccttt tgttacattt catcaaatca atgcctttga ggaccagggc tgtgttataa ttgatttgtg ctgtcaagat aatggaagaa ccctagaagt ttaccagtta cagaatctca ggaaggctgg ggaagggctt gatcaggtcc ataattcagc agccaaatct ttccctcgaa ggtttgtttt gcctttaaat gtcagtttga atgcccctga gggagacaac ctgagtccat tgtcctatac ttcagccagt gctgtgaaac aggctgatgg aacgatctgg tgctctcatg aaaatctaca tcaggaggac ctagaaaagg aaggaggcat tgaatttcct cagatctact atgatcgatt cagtggcaaa aagtatcatt tcttttatgg ctgtggcttt cggcatttag tgggggattc tctgatcaag gttgatgtgg tgaataagac actgaaggtt tggagagaag atggctttta tccctcagaa cctgtttttg ttccagcacc aggaaccaat gaagaagatg gtggggttat tctttctgtg gtgatcactc ccaaccagaa tgaaagcaat tttctcctag ttttggatgc caagaacttt gaagagctgg gccgagcaga ggtacctgtg cagatgcctt atgggttcca tggtaccttc atacccatct Protein function: 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. [The UniProt Consortium]