Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing)
"Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing)" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A mixed function oxidase enzyme which during hemoglobin catabolism catalyzes the degradation of heme to ferrous iron, carbon monoxide and biliverdin in the presence of molecular oxygen and reduced NADPH. The enzyme is induced by metals, particularly cobalt. EC 1.14.99.3.
| Descriptor ID |
D006419
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.682.690.708.410
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing)".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing)".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing)" by people in this website by year, and whether "Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing)" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
![]()
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing)" by people in Profiles.