HMOX2

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An Error has occurred retrieving Wikidata item for infobox Heme oxygenase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the HMOX2 gene.[1][2]

Function

Heme oxygenase, an essential enzyme in heme catabolism, cleaves heme to form biliverdin, which is subsequently converted to bilirubin by biliverdin reductase, and carbon monoxide, a putative neurotransmitter. Heme oxygenase activity is induced by its substrate heme and by various nonheme substances. Heme oxygenase occurs as 2 isozymes, an inducible heme oxygenase-1 and a constitutive heme oxygenase-2. HMOX1 and HMOX2 (this enzyme) belong to the heme oxygenase family.[2]

References

  1. McCoubrey WK, Ewing JF, Maines MD (Jun 1992). "Human heme oxygenase-2: characterization and expression of a full-length cDNA and evidence suggesting that the two HO-2 transcripts may differ by choice of polyadenylation signal". Arch Biochem Biophys. 295 (1): 13–20. doi:10.1016/0003-9861(92)90481-B. PMID 1575508.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: HMOX2 heme oxygenase (decycling) 2".

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