HOUSTON – (Oct. 5, 2005) -- A research team led by scientists at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston has determined the structure of an enzyme that when defective causes an inherited ...

The patient had porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT), a cutaneous disease that results from alteration in the pathway of heme synthesis. Three types of PCT are recognized. Types 1 and 2, which account for ...

The process of heme breakdown by heme oxygenase (HMOX) yields bilirubin (BR) and biliverdin (BV) as by-products. Yellow players (YP) are enzymes involved in the production of BR and BV. YP, along with ...

Heme, the iron-holding molecule that gives blood its red color, is essential for life. Yet, ironically, it can be quite toxic if not properly handled. In fact, numerous diseases – from various cancers ...

Heme is an essential part of the protein hemoglobin, which colors human blood red. Heme also is crucial for cytochrome proteins, which power the cell. Humans, animals, plants and bacteria all use heme ...

The increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance, when infectious bacteria evolve to evade drugs designed to control them, is a pressing public health concern. Each year two million Americans ...