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BCO2 beta-carotene oxygenase 2 [ Oryctolagus cuniculus (rabbit) ]

Gene ID: 100344631, updated on 17-Dec-2024
Gene symbol
BCO2
Gene description
beta-carotene oxygenase 2
See related
Ensembl:ENSOCUG00000009662
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
MODEL
Organism
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Lagomorpha; Leporidae; Oryctolagus
Orthologs
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Location:
chromosome: 1
Exon count:
13
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
RS_2024_11 current mOryCun1.1 (GCF_964237555.1) 1 NC_091432.1 (104120118..104171762)
RS_2023_02 previous assembly UM_NZW_1.0 (GCF_009806435.1) 1 NC_067374.1 (118107409..118159721, complement)

Chromosome 1 - NC_091432.1Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene interleukin 18 Neighboring gene poly(rC)-binding protein 2 pseudogene Neighboring gene testis expressed 12 Neighboring gene 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase Neighboring gene placenta expressed transcript 1

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Related articles in PubMed

  1. A novel AAT-deletion mutation in the coding sequence of the BCO2 gene in yellow-fat rabbits. Strychalski J, et al. J Appl Genet, 2015 Nov. PMID 26002694
  2. TreeGrafter: phylogenetic tree-based annotation of proteins with Gene Ontology terms and other annotations. Tang H, et al. Bioinformatics, 2019 Feb 1. PMID 30032202, Free PMC Article

GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?
  1. The deletion mutation, located at the beginning of exon 6, results in the absence of asparagine in protein of yellow-fat rabbits
    Title: A novel AAT-deletion mutation in the coding sequence of the BCO2 gene in yellow-fat rabbits.
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Homology

Gene Ontology Provided by RefSeq

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables beta-carotene 15,15'-dioxygenase activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 PubMed 
enables carotenoid dioxygenase activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 PubMed 
Process Evidence Code Pubs
involved_in carotene catabolic process IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 PubMed 
involved_in retinal metabolic process IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 PubMed 
Component Evidence Code Pubs
located_in mitochondrion IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 PubMed 
Preferred Names
carotenoid-cleaving dioxygenase, mitochondrial

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RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_964237555.1-RS_2024_11

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference mOryCun1.1

Genomic

  1. NC_091432.1 Reference mOryCun1.1

    Range
    104120118..104171762
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_051849398.2 → XP_051705358.2  carotenoid-cleaving dioxygenase, mitochondrial isoform X2

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    G1SXN4

  2. XM_008261401.4 → XP_008259623.3  carotenoid-cleaving dioxygenase, mitochondrial isoform X1

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    G1SXN4
Nucleotide Protein
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