Protein
Putative heme oxygenase 3
Organism
Rattus norvegicus
Function
Heme oxygenase cleaves the heme ring at the alpha methene bridge to form biliverdin. Biliverdin is subsequently converted to bilirubin by biliverdin reductase. Heme oxygenase 3 could be implicated in some heme-dependent regulatory role in the cell.
Similarity
Belongs to the heme oxygenase family.
Sequence
MSSEVETAEAVDESEKNSMASEKENHSKIADFSDLLKEGTKEADDRAENTQFVKDFLKGNIKKELFKLATTALSYSAPEEEMDSLTKDMEYFFGENWEEKVKCSEAAQTYVDQIHYVGQNEPEHLVAHTYSTYMGGNLSGDQVLKKETQPVPFTREGTQFYLFEHVDNAKQFKLFYCARLNALDLNLKTKERIVEEATKAFEYNMQIFSELDQAGSIPVRETLKNGLSILDGKGGVCKCPFNAAQPDKGTLGGSNCPFQMSMALLRKPNLQLILVASMALVAGLLAWYYM