Table 4 Catalytic activity of mouse BCO2 (mBCO2) and mouse BCO2P108SN190D (mBCO2SD) proteins (% substrate left compared to uninduced control).

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

Sequence name

lycopene

β-carotene

Top10 cells

Top10 cells

mBCO2

39 ± 5

31 ± 6

mBCO2SD

13 ± 3

59 ± 7

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