Human heme oxygenase oxidation of 5- and 15-phenylhemes.
Wang, J., Niemevz, F., Lad, L., Huang, L., Alvarez, D.E., Buldain, G., Poulos, T.L., Ortiz de Montellano, P.R.(2004) J Biol Chem 279: 42593-42604
- PubMed: 15297453 
- DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M406346200
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1S13, 1T5P - PubMed Abstract: 
Human heme oxygenase-1 (hHO-1) catalyzes the O2-dependent oxidation of heme to biliverdin, CO, and free iron. Previous work indicated that electrophilic addition of the terminal oxygen of the ferric hydroperoxo complex to the alpha-meso-carbon gives 5-hydroxyheme ...