hmoA
168
heme monooxygenase
Locus
BSU_07150
Molecular weight
14.57 kDa
Isoelectric point
9.13
Function
degradation of heme
Product
heme monooxygenase
Essential
no
Synonyms
hmoA, yetG
Outlinks
Genomic Context
Categories containing this gene/protein
List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG2329 (Galperin et al., 2021)
This gene is a member of the following regulons
Gene
Coordinates
785,113 785,490
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
binds hemin in vitro with ~1:1 stoichiometry and degrades hemin in the presence of an electron donor PubMed
heme b + 3 O2 + 3 reduced [NADPH—hemoprotein reductase] --> biliverdin IXα + CO + Fe2+ + H+ + 3 H2O + 3 oxidized [NADPH—hemoprotein reductase] (according to UniProt)
Protein family
antibiotic biosynthesis monooxygenase family (with HmoB, according to UniProt)
ABM domain (aa 2-95) (according to UniProt)
Structure
1TZ0 (PDB) (from B. cereus, 57% identity)
cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)
Expression and Regulation
Operons
Biological materials
Mutant
MGNA-B458 (yetG::erm), available at the NBRP B. subtilis, Japan
References
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