(GenBank) Heme oxygenase (EC 1.14.99.3).,Allows the bacteria to use the host heme as an iron source. Involved in the oxidation of heme and subsequent release of iron from the heme moiety.
KEGG Orthology (KO) [BR:cjk00001]
09100 Metabolism
09108 Metabolism of cofactors and vitamins
00860 Porphyrin metabolism
jk0320 (hmuO)
Enzymes [BR:cjk01000]
1. Oxidoreductases
1.14 Acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen
1.14.15 With reduced iron-sulfur protein as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen into the other donor
1.14.15.20 heme oxygenase (biliverdin-producing, ferredoxin)
jk0320 (hmuO)
