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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 15.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Biochem Biophys. 2013 May 29;539(2):10.1016/j.abb.2013.05.007. doi: 10.1016/j.abb.2013.05.007

Figure 1. BCMO1 catalyzes the oxidative conversion of b,b-carotene to retinoids.

Figure 1

Oxidative cleavage of β,β-carotene yields all-trans-retinal that can be either further oxidized to all-trans-retinoic acid or reduced to all-trans-retinol (vitamin A) (30).