beta-Carotene 15,15'-Monooxygenase

"beta-Carotene 15,15'-Monooxygenase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.

Descriptor ID	D050559
MeSH Number(s)	D08.811.682.690.708.392.312
Concept/Terms	beta-Carotene 15,15'-Monooxygenase beta-Carotene 15,15'-Monooxygenase 15,15'-Monooxygenase, beta-Carotene beta Carotene 15,15' Monooxygenase Carotene Dioxygenase Dioxygenase, Carotene beta-Carotene 15,15'-Dioxygenase 15,15'-Dioxygenase, beta-Carotene beta Carotene 15,15' Dioxygenase beta-Carotene Cleaving Enzyme Cleaving Enzyme, beta-Carotene beta Carotene Cleaving Enzyme beta, beta-Carotene-15,15'-Dioxygenase beta, beta-Carotene-15,15'-Monooxygenase

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Enzymes and Coenzymes [D08]
Enzymes [D08.811]
Oxidoreductases [D08.811.682]
Oxygenases [D08.811.682.690]
Mixed Function Oxygenases [D08.811.682.690.708]
Fatty Acid Desaturases [D08.811.682.690.708.392]
beta-Carotene 15,15'-Monooxygenase [D08.811.682.690.708.392.312]

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