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HMOX1 (Heme oxygenase 1) is an enzyme. The public catalogues list it as a drug target and a biomarker, and clinical evidence ties its variants to diagnosis, prognosis or drug response. Tied to Renal cell carcinoma. This dossier gathers the 0 products (0 approved), 0 trials, 0 pathways and 0 resistance routes in the corpus that involve it, with external identifiers so it can be joined to UniProt, ChEMBL, Open Targets and the rest of biology.

Biology

Catalyses the oxidative cleavage of heme at the alpha-methene bridge carbon, released as carbon monoxide (CO), to generate biliverdin IXalpha, while releasing the central heme iron chelate as ferrous iron. Affords protection against programmed cell death and this cytoprotective effect relies on its ability to catabolise free heme and prevent it from sensitising cells to undergo apoptosis. Catalyses the oxidative cleavage of heme at the alpha-methene bridge carbon, released as carbon monoxide (CO), to generate biliverdin IXalpha, while releasing the central heme iron chelate as ferrous iron. Location: Endoplasmic reticulum membrane (UniProt). Locus 22q12.3 (HGNC).

Where it is found
  • Renal cell carcinoma: CIViC evidence names this disease
Class: enzyme · Gene: HMOX1 · Facts checked 2026-09-23 · Target page

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Query for this target: (TITLE:"HMOX1" OR ABSTRACT:"HMOX1" OR TITLE:"heme oxygenase 1" OR ABSTRACT:"heme oxygenase 1" OR TITLE:"Heme oxygenase 1" OR ABSTRACT:"Heme oxygenase 1" OR TITLE:"bK286B10" OR ABSTRACT:"bK286B10" OR TITLE:"HO-1" OR ABSTRACT:"HO-1") AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour OR oncology OR carcinoma OR lymphoma OR leukemia OR leukaemia OR myeloma OR sarcoma OR melanoma OR glioma). Results are unfiltered search hits about HMOX1, not a curated reading list.

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