Usually means: Enzyme that breaks down carotenoids.
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▸ noun:  (biochemistry) An enzyme that converts carotene into vitamin A

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carotenoprotein, photocarotenogenesis, peropsin, convertase, coesterase, bicyclase, carboxylase, cyanase, proprotease, transcarboxylase, more...

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carotenoprotein, photocarotenogenesis, peropsin, convertase, coesterase, bicyclase, carboxylase, cyanase, proprotease, transcarboxylase, more...



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