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beta-carotene 15,15'-dioxygenase activity
Known as:
carotene dioxygenase activity
, beta-carotene 15,15'-monooxygenase activity
, beta-carotene:oxygen 15,15'-oxidoreductase (bond-cleaving)
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Catalysis of the reaction: beta-carotene + O(2) = 2 retinal. [EC:1.14.99.36, RHEA:10407]
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2001
2001
beta-Carotene 15,15'-Dioxygenase activity in human tissues and cells: evidence of an iron dependency.
Alexandrine During
,
Michelle K. Smith
,
J. Piper
,
J. C. Smith
Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
2001
Corpus ID: 40134281
2000
2000
Inhibition of beta-carotene-15,15'-dioxygenase activity by dietary flavonoids.
A. Nagao
,
M. Maeda
,
B. P. Lim
,
H. Kobayashi
,
J. Terao
Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
2000
Corpus ID: 24580090
Beta-carotene-15,15'-dioxygenase is an enzyme responsible for providing vertebrates with vitamin A by catalyzing oxidative…
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2000
2000
Beta-carotene 15,15'-dioxygenase activity in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats.
T. Morinobu
,
H. Tamai
Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology
2000
Corpus ID: 32854327
We measured retinol levels and beta-carotene 15,15'-dioxygenase activity in rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus to…
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Nutritional status affects intestinal carotene cleavage activity and carotene conversion to vitamin A in rats.
Shaik G. Parvin
,
Bhattiprolu Sivakumar
Journal of NutriLife
2000
Corpus ID: 4440761
Validation of an in vivo method we developed recently and its application to assess the role of dietary factors in carotene…
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1998
Highly Cited
1998
Characterization of beta-carotene 15,15'-dioxygenase activity in TC7 clone of human intestinal cell line Caco-2.
Alexandrine During
,
G. Albaugh
,
J. C. Smith
Biochemical and Biophysical Research…
1998
Corpus ID: 24800189
The purpose of this study was to identify mammalian cell line(s) which possess intrinsic enzymatic activity of beta-carotene 15…
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1998
Highly Cited
1998
beta-carotene 15,15'-dioxygenase activity and cellular retinol-binding protein type II level are enhanced by dietary unsaturated triacylglycerols in rat intestines.
A. During
,
A. Nagao
,
J. Terao
Journal of NutriLife
1998
Corpus ID: 4447044
The purpose of this study was to examine effects of dietary triacylglycerols on beta-carotene 15,15'-dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.21…
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1996
1996
Assay of beta-carotene 15,15'-dioxygenase activity by reverse-phase high-pressure liquid chromatography.
A. During
,
A. Nagao
,
C. Hoshino
,
J. Terao
Analytical Biochemistry
1996
Corpus ID: 28580602
beta-Carotene 15,15'-dioxygenase catalyzes the conversion of beta-carotene into two molecules of retinal. Although this enzyme…
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1996
Highly Cited
1996
Rat intestinal beta-carotene dioxygenase activity is located primarily in the cytosol of mature jejunal enterocytes.
C. Duszka
,
Pascal Grolier
,
El-mostafa Azim
,
M. Alexandre-Gouabau
,
Patrick Borel
,
V. Azaı̈s-Braesco
Journal of NutriLife
1996
Corpus ID: 4444678
The purposes of this study were to determine the location of beta-carotene dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.21) activity within the rat…
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1994
Highly Cited
1994
β-Carotene-15,15′-dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.21) isolation reaction mechanism and an improved assay procedure
J. Devery
,
B. Milborrow
British Journal of Nutrition
1994
Corpus ID: 24729163
βCarotene-15,15′-dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.21; β-carotene dioxygenase) activity in extracts from guinea-pig intestinal mucosa was…
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1986
Highly Cited
1986
Carotene dioxygenase (EC 1. 13. 11. 21) activity in rat intestine: effects of vitamin A deficiency and of pregnancy
L. Villard
,
C. Bates
British Journal of Nutrition
1986
Corpus ID: 2528580
1. Female weanling rats were fed on a purified diet containing either no vitamin A, apart from traces present in casein…
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