Signaling function of heme oxygenase proteins

PA Dennery - Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Many reports have underscored the importance of the heme degradation
pathway that is regulated by heme oxygenase (HO). This reaction releases bile pigments …

Structure and catalytic mechanism of heme oxygenase

M Unno, T Matsui, M Ikeda-Saito - Natural product reports, 2007 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to 2006 Heme oxygenase (HO) catalyzes O2-dependent regiospecific
conversion of heme to biliverdin, CO and free Fe (II). The heme group is tightly sandwiched …

Substrate-Triggered Formation of a Peroxo-Fe2(III/III) Intermediate during Fatty Acid Decarboxylation by UndA

B Zhang, LJ Rajakovich, D Van Cura… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The iron-dependent oxidase UndA cleaves one C3–H bond and the C1–C2 bond of
dodecanoic acid to produce 1-undecene and CO2. A published X-ray crystal structure …

How to increase brightness of near-infrared fluorescent proteins in mammalian cells

AA Shemetov, OS Oliinyk, VV Verkhusha - Cell chemical biology, 2017 - cell.com
Numerous near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent proteins (FPs) were recently engineered from
bacterial photoreceptors but lack of their systematic comparison makes researcher's choice …

A journey into the clinical relevance of heme oxygenase 1 for human inflammatory disease and viral clearance: why does it matter on the COVID-19 scene?

A Toro, MS Ruiz, S Lage-Vickers, P Sanchis, A Sabater… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1), the rate-limiting enzyme in heme degradation, is involved in the
maintenance of cellular homeostasis, exerting a cytoprotective role by its antioxidative and …

Where is the clinical breakthrough of heme oxygenase-1/carbon monoxide therapeutics?

CP Hopper, L Meinel, C Steiger… - Current pharmaceutical …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Heme oxygenase (HO), the rate-limiting step in the degradation of heme to biliverdin, ferrous
ion, and carbon monoxide (CO), is an ancestral protective enzyme conserved across …

[HTML][HTML] Horseradish peroxidase inactivation: heme destruction and influence of polyethylene glycol

L Mao, S Luo, Q Huang, J Lu - Scientific Reports, 2013 - nature.com
Horseradish peroxidase (HRP) mediates efficient conversion of many phenolic
contaminants and thus has potential applications for pollution control. Such potentially …

Comparison of apo-and heme-bound crystal structures of a truncated human heme oxygenase-2

CM Bianchetti, L Yi, SW Ragsdale… - Journal of Biological …, 2007 - ASBMB
Heme oxygenase (HO) catalyzes the first step in the heme degradation pathway. The crystal
structures of apo-and heme-bound truncated human HO-2 reveal a primarily α-helical …

Theory favors a stepwise mechanism of porphyrin degradation by a ferric hydroperoxide model of the active species of heme oxygenase

D Kumar, SP De Visser, S Shaik - Journal of the American …, 2005 - ACS Publications
The report uses density functional theory to address the mechanism of heme degradation by
the enzyme heme oxygenase (HO) using a model ferric hydroperoxide complex. HO is …

A self-labeling protein based on the small ultra-red fluorescent protein, smURFP

JH Machado, R Ting, JY Lin, EA Rodriguez - RSC Chemical Biology, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-labeling proteins have revolutionized super-resolution and sensor imaging. Tags
recognize a bioorthogonal substrate for covalent attachment. We show the small Ultra-Red …