HMOX2

Heme oxygenase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the HMOX2 gene.[5][6]

HMOX2
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesHMOX2, HO-2, heme oxygenase 2
External IDsOMIM: 141251 MGI: 109373 HomoloGene: 1611 GeneCards: HMOX2
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

3163

15369

Ensembl

ENSG00000277424
ENSG00000103415

ENSMUSG00000004070

UniProt

P30519

O70252

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001136066
NM_010443
NM_001357050
NM_001378999

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001129538
NP_034573
NP_001343979
NP_001365928

Location (UCSC)Chr 16: 4.47 – 4.51 MbChr 16: 4.54 – 4.58 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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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.[6]

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