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Gene

BCO1

beta-carotene oxygenase 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
16q23.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 16: 81,238,689–81,291,142 (GRCh38)
Exons
11 exons across 52.5 kb
Protein
547 amino acids
Also known as
FLJ10730, BCMO
Previous symbols
BCDO, BCDO1, BCMO1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000258168.7NM_017429.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads BCO1 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How BCO1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 16, with a bracket where BCO1 sits. BCO1 and 13 genes near it on chromosome 16, from 80,764,916 to 81,764,915.Chromosome 1616q23.2p13.3p13.2p13.13p13.12p13.11p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q13q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.380.8 Mb81 Mb81.2 Mb81.4 Mb81.6 MbCDYL2: 80,597,907–80,804,611, reverse strandCDYL2: 80,828,736–81,006,894, reverse strandCMC2: 80,966,448–81,020,270, reverse strandCMC2CENPN: 81,006,506–81,033,558, forward strandCENPN: 81,022,316–81,096,284, reverse strandATMIN: 81,035,809–81,047,350, forward strandC16orf46: 81,053,195–81,077,267, reverse strandC16orf46: 81,053,587–81,096,296, reverse strandGCSH: 81,078,232–81,096,426, reverse strandGCSHPKD1L2: 81,100,875–81,220,370, reverse strandPKD1L2BCO1: 81,238,689–81,291,142, forward strandBCO1GAN: 81,314,932–81,390,884, forward strandGANCMIP: 81,444,800–81,711,762, forward strandCMIPPLCG2: 81,738,248–81,962,685, forward strandPLCG2Diagram of BCO1: 11 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 16Exon 1: 81,238,689–81,238,972, 284 basesExon 2: 81,245,475–81,245,603, 129 basesExon 3: 81,259,676–81,259,805, 130 basesExon 4: 81,262,136–81,262,283, 148 basesExon 5: 81,264,640–81,264,787, 148 basesExon 6: 81,267,908–81,268,131, 224 basesExon 7: 81,270,159–81,270,416, 258 basesExon 8: 81,280,857–81,280,962, 106 basesExon 9: 81,285,540–81,285,634, 95 basesExon 10: 81,287,295–81,287,406, 112 basesExon 11: 81,290,348–81,291,142, 795 bases12345678910115′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 2.4 kb of the gene's 52.5 kb; 1,644 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.
  • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). BCO1 gene: beta-carotene oxygenase 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/bco1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. BCO1 gene: beta-carotene oxygenase 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/bco1

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