Crystal structures of ferrous and ferrous-NO forms of verdoheme in a complex with human heme oxygenase-1: catalytic implications for heme cleavage.
Lad, L., Ortiz de Montellano, P.R., Poulos, T.L.(2004) J Inorg Biochem 98: 1686-1695
- PubMed: 15522396 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2004.07.004
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1TWN, 1TWR - PubMed Abstract: 
Heme oxygenase oxidatively degrades heme to biliverdin resulting in the release of iron and CO through a process in which the heme participates both as a cofactor and substrate. One of the least understood steps in the heme degradation pathway is the conversion of verdoheme to biliverdin ...