Molecular Properties of β-Carotene Oxygenases and Their Potential in Industrial Production of Vitamin A and Its Derivatives

• मुख्य लेखकों: Kyung-Chul Shin (लेखक), Min-Ju Seo (लेखक), Yeong-Su Kim (लेखक), Soo-Jin Yeom (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: MDPI AG, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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β-Carotene 15,15'-oxygenase (BCO1) and β-carotene 9',10'-oxygenase (BCO2) are potential producers of vitamin A derivatives, since they can catalyze the oxidative cleavage of dietary provitamin A carotenoids to retinoids and derivative such as apocarotenal. Retinoids are a class of che...