HMOX1

Heme oxygenase (decycling) 1

PDB rendering based on 1n3u.
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
SymbolsHMOX1 ; HMOX1D; HO-1; HSP32; bK286B10
External IDsOMIM: 141250 MGI: 96163 HomoloGene: 31075 IUPHAR: 1441 ChEMBL: 2823 GeneCards: HMOX1 Gene
EC number1.14.99.3
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez316215368
EnsemblENSG00000100292ENSMUSG00000005413
UniProtP09601P14901
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_002133NM_010442
RefSeq (protein)NP_002124NP_034572
Location (UCSC)Chr 22:
35.78 – 35.79 Mb
Chr 8:
75.09 – 75.1 Mb
PubMed search

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 12.3, from base pair 34,101,636 to base pair 34,114,748.

Related conditions

Heme oxygenase-1 deficiency

Anti-inflammatory effect

The ability of oxygenase 1 to catabolize free heme and produce carbon monoxide (CO) gives its antiinflammatory properties by up-regulation of IL-10 and IL-1R antagonist expression.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Entrez Gene: HMOX1 heme oxygenase (decycling) 1".
  2. Piantadosi CA, Withers CM, Bartz RR, MacGarvey NC, Fu P, Sweeney TE, Welty-Wolf KE, Suliman HB (May 2011). "Heme oxygenase-1 couples activation of mitochondrial biogenesis to anti-inflammatory cytokine expression". J. Biol. Chem. 286 (18): 16374–85. doi:10.1074/jbc.M110.207738. PMC 3091243. PMID 21454555.

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