Functional Analysis of β-Carotene Oxygenase 2 (BCO2) Gene in Yesso Scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis).

ABSTRACT: Carotenoids are essential nutrients for humans and animals, and carotenoid coloration represents an important meat quality parameter for many farmed animals. Increasingly, studies have demonstrated that vertebrate carotenoid cleavage oxygenases (CCOs) are essential enzymes in carotenoid metabolism and are therefore potential candidate genes for improving carotenoid deposition. However, our understanding of carotenoid bioavailability and CCOs functions in invertebrates, particularly marine species, is currently quite limited. We previously identified that a CCO homolog, PyBCO-like 1, was the causal gene for carotenoid coloration in the 'Haida golden scallop', a variety of Yesso scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis) characterized by carotenoid enrichment. Here,

SUBMITTER: Liu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11012205 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature