Table 3 Autodock Vina modeling of affinity of beta-carotene isomers to Lancelet BCOs. The lowest (best) docking energy is used.

From: Phylogenetic analysis of the metazoan carotenoid oxygenase superfamily: a new ancestral gene assemblage of BCO-like (BCOL) proteins

Lancelet BCO sequence name

All-trans carotene (kcal/mol)

9-cis carotene (kcal/mol)

13-cis carotene (kcal/mol)

BCOLg

−9.9

−10.1

−12.2

LanBCOa

−9.0

−10.9

−12.0

LanBCOc

−12.1

−12.2

−11.7

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