gene: bcmo-2 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Predicted to enable beta-carotene 15,15'-dioxygenase activity and carotenoid dioxygenase activity. Predicted to be involved in carotene catabolic process and retinal metabolic process. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in carcinoma (multiple) and retinal disease (multiple). Is an ortholog of human BCO1 (beta-carotene oxygenase 1); BCO2 (beta-carotene oxygenase 2); and RPE65 (retinoid isomerohydrolase RPE65).