Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables beta-carotene 15,15'-dioxygenase activity. Involved in carotene catabolic process and retinal metabolic process. Acts upstream of or within beta-carotene metabolic process. Predicted to be located in cytosol. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; genitourinary system; hemolymphoid system gland; nervous system; and sensory organ. Orthologous to human BCO1 (beta-carotene oxygenase 1).
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