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β-Carotene is the precursor of vitamin A1.
Oxidation at C-15 converts retinol to the aldehyde, retinal, and further oxidation produces retinoic acid, a hormone that regulates gene expression.

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Some other biologically active isoprenoid compounds or derivatives.

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In most mammalian tissues, ubiquinone (also called coenzyme Q) has 10 isoprene units.

Dolichols of animals have 17 to 21 isoprene units (85 to 105 carbon atoms), bacterial dolichols have 11, and those of plants and fungi have 14 to 24.

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Parkinson’s disease is caused by mutations in two gene encoding proteins that can mediate mitophagy:PINK1 (a kinase)Parkin (E3 ubiquitin ligase)

Parkinson’s disease is caused by mutations in two gene encoding proteins that can mediate mitophagy:
PINK1 (a kinase)
Parkin (E3 ubiquitin ligase)