InnateDB: Systems Biology of the Innate Immune Response

Mus musculus Gene: Bco2

Summary

InnateDB Gene

IDBG-163405.6

Last Modified

2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]

Gene Symbol

Bco2

Gene Name

beta-carotene oxygenase 2

Synonyms

Species

Mus musculus

Ensembl Gene

ENSMUSG00000032066

Encoded Proteins

IDBP-401126

beta-carotene oxygenase 2

Protein Structure

Useful resources

Stemformatics EHFPI ImmGen

Entrez Gene

Summary

This gene does not have any Entrez summary - the following is the summary from its human ortholog ENSG00000197580:
This gene encodes an enzyme which oxidizes carotenoids such as beta-carotene during the biosynthesis of vitamin A. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2012]

Gene Information

Type

Protein coding

Genomic Location

Chromosome 9:50533087-50555181

Strand

Reverse strand

Band

A5.3

Transcripts

ENSMUST00000119103

ENSMUSP00000112727

Interactions

Number of Interactions

This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 1 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.

Experimentally validated
Total	1 [view]
Protein-Protein	0
Protein-DNA	1 [view]
Protein-RNA	0
DNA-DNA	0
RNA-RNA	0
DNA-RNA	0

Gene Ontology

Molecular Function

Accession	GO Term
GO:0016702	oxidoreductase activity, acting on single donors with incorporation of molecular oxygen, incorporation of two atoms of oxygen
GO:0046872	metal ion binding

Biological Process

GO:0016116	carotenoid metabolic process
GO:0016119	carotene metabolic process
GO:0016121	carotene catabolic process
GO:0042573	retinoic acid metabolic process
GO:0042574	retinal metabolic process
GO:0051881	regulation of mitochondrial membrane potential
GO:0055114	oxidation-reduction process
GO:2000377	regulation of reactive oxygen species metabolic process