Heme oxygenase 1
BE0000735ProteinHumansHMOX1
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 (PubMed:11121422, PubMed:19556236, PubMed:7703255). It is acted on by 19 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- HMOX1
- UniProtKB entry
- P09601Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Endoplasmic reticulum membrane
- Residues / weight
- 288 residues · 32,818 Da
- Also known as
- 1.14.14.18 · HO · HO-1 · HO1
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Heme oxygenase 1, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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