Importance of β,β-carotene 15,15′-monooxygenase 1 (BCMO1) and β,β-carotene 9′,10′-dioxygenase 2 (BCDO2) in nutrition and health

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 241-250

  Lietz, Georg ^a   Oxley, Anthony ^a   Boesch Saadatmandi, Christine ^a   Kobayashi, Daisuke ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

Author keywords

BCDO2; BCMO1; Carotenoids; SNP; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; BCMO1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; BCO2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; BETA CAROTENE 15,15' MONOOXYGENASE; CAROTENOID; RETINOID;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; BETA-CAROTENE 15,15'-MONOOXYGENASE; CAROTENOIDS; CYTOSOL; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RETINOIDS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84858318259     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201100387     Document Type: Review

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