Heme oxygenase 2
BE0000587ProteinHumansHMOX2
Catalyzes the oxidative cleavage of heme at the alpha-methene bridge carbon, released as carbon monoxide (CO), to generate biliverdin IXalpha, while releasing the central heme iron chelate as ferrous iron. It is acted on by 2 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- HMOX2
- UniProtKB entry
- P30519Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Microsome membrane
- Residues / weight
- 316 residues · 36,033 Da
- Also known as
- 1.14.14.18 · HO-2 · HO2
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Heme oxygenase 2, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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