HMOX1

Heme oxygenase (decycling) 1

PDB rendering based on 1n3u.
Identifiers
Symbols HMOX1; HO-1; HSP32; bK286B10
External IDs OMIM141250 MGI96163 HomoloGene31075 GeneCards: HMOX1 Gene
EC number 1.14.99.3
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 3162 15368
Ensembl ENSG00000100292 ENSMUSG00000005413
UniProt P09601 Q3U5H8
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_002133.2 NM_010442.2
RefSeq (protein) NP_002124.1 NP_034572.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 22:
35.78 – 35.79 Mb
Chr 8:
77.62 – 77.62 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

HMOX1 (heme oxygenase (decycling) 1) is a human gene that encodes for the enzyme heme oxygenase 1 (EC 1.14.99.3). Heme oxygenase is an essential enzyme in heme catabolism, it cleaves heme to form biliverdin.

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 belong to the heme oxygenase family.[1]

The HMOX gene is located on the long (q) arm of chromosome 22 at position 13.1, from base pair 34,101,636 to base pair 34,114,748.

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Related conditions

Heme oxygenase-1 deficiency

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