carotenoid dioxygenase activity

id: GO:0010436
name: carotenoid dioxygenase activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the oxidative cleavage of carotenoids.

Child Functions

idname
GO:00104379,10 (9', 10')-carotenoid-cleaving dioxygenase activity
GO:00455499-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase activity

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0016702oxidoreductase activity, acting on single donors with incorporation of molecular oxygen, incorporation of two atoms of oxygen