Beta,beta-carotene 15,15'-dioxygenase
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[1]. Carlo dela Seña, et al. The human enzyme that converts dietary provitamin A carotenoids to vitamin A is a dioxygenase. J Biol Chem. 2014 May 9;289(19):13661-6. [Content Brief]
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[3]. Annika Lindqvist, et al. Loss-of-function mutation in carotenoid 15,15'-monooxygenase identified in a patient with hypercarotenemia and hypovitaminosis A. J Nutr. 2007 Nov;137(11):2346-50. [Content Brief]
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