Heme as a magnificient molecule with multiple missions: Heme determines its own fate and governs cellular homeostasis

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-16

  Furuyama, Kazumichi ^a   Kaneko, Kiriko ^a   Vargas, Patrick D ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aminolevulinate synthase; Bach1; CP motif; Heme; Heme oxygenase

Indexed keywords

5 AMINOLEVULINATE SYNTHASE; CATALASE; CYSTEINE; CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME P450; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE 1; HEME OXYGENASE 2; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOPROTEIN; IRON; IRON REGULATORY PROTEIN 2; ISOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MYOGLOBIN; PEROXIDASE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GLOBIN; HEME OXYGENASE;

CELL LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; ERYTHROID CELL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLEIOTROPY; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

5-AMINOLEVULINATE SYNTHETASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLOBINS; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); HEMEPROTEINS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 34948858043     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.213.1     Document Type: Review

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