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Alteration of the regiospecificity of human heme oxygenase-1 by unseating of the heme but not disruption of the distal hydrogen bonding network.
Biochemistry - 10 Jan 2006
Wang Jinling, Evans John P, Ogura Hiroshi, La Mar Gerd N, Ortiz de Montellano Paul R
Abstract excerpt
Heme oxygenase regiospecifically oxidizes heme at the alpha-meso position to give biliverdin IXalpha, CO, and iron. The heme orientation within the active site, which is thought to determine the oxidation regiospecificity, is shown here for the human enzyme (hHO1) to be largely determined by inte...
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