The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen beta-Carotene 15,15'-Monooxygenase 1 across different species:

beta-carotene 15,15'-monooxygenase 1 (BCMO1), beta-carotene 15,15'-monooxygenase 1 (bcmo1), beta-carotene 15,15'-monooxygenase 1 (Bcmo1), beta-carotene 15,15'-monooxygenase 1 (LOC100228904)

Other aliases include:

BCO, BCDO, BCMO, BCO1, BCDO1, FLJ10730, bcdo, bcox, bcdo1, b-diox, Bcdo, betaCO

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen beta-Carotene 15,15'-Monooxygenase 1:

beta-carotene 15,15'-monooxygenase – beta-carotene 15, 15'-dioxygenase 1 – beta-carotene 15,15'-monooxygenase 1 – beta-carotene 15, 15-dioxygenase – beta-carotene 15, 15'-dioxygenase – beta,beta-carotene 15,15'-monooxygenase – beta-carotene dioxygenase 1 – beta-carotene 15 15-dioxygenase – beta-carotene 15 15'-dioxygenase – beta-carotene 15,15'-dioxygenase – beta-carotene 15, 15'-monooxygenase 1 – beta-carotene-15,15'-oxygenase – beta-carotene 15, 15-monooxygenase 1 – beta,beta-carotene 15,15'-monooxygenase-like

beta-Carotene 15,15'-Monooxygenase 1 fulfills a number of functions:

beta-carotene 15,15'-monooxygenase activity – iron ion binding – metal ion binding – oxidoreductase activity – ferrous iron binding – monooxygenase activity – oxidoreductase activity, acting on single donors with incorporation of molecular oxygen, incorporation of two atoms of oxygen

beta-Carotene 15,15'-Monooxygenase 1 is relevant to the following processes:

oxidation reduction – eye photoreceptor cell differentiation – hindbrain development – retinoid metabolic process

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology