In humans, the heme oxygenase proteins can instigate the degradation process.
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Haem oxygenase is synthetically lethal with the tumour suppressor fumarate hydratase.
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They switch on the genes for a number of protective proteins, including heme oxygenase-1.
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In addition, heme oxygenase-1 has been implicated in protection against transplant rejection.
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Heme oxygenase enzyme activity in seminal plasma of oligoasthenoteratozoospermic males with varicocele.
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Heme oxygenase-1 protects interstitial cells of Cajal from oxidative stress and reverses diabetic gastroparesis.
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It also decreases cyclo-oxygenase activity.
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SnPP inhibits the activity of the heme oxygenase enzyme, reversing the susceptibility to salmonellosis in malaria infections.
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In biology, carbon monoxide is naturally produced by the action of heme oxygenase 1 and 2 on the heme from hemoglobin breakdown.
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An oxidoreductase that catalyzes the incorporation of molecular oxygen
An oxygenase is any enzyme that oxidizes a substrate by transferring the oxygen from molecular oxygen O2 (as in air) to it. The oxygenases form a class of oxidoreductases; their EC number is EC 1.13 or EC 1.14.