| ID | Sequence | Length | GC content |
|---|---|---|---|
| GCUGGGCUGCAGGGACUGCGGCGCCUGAGGGAGUCGCUGACGGGCACGC… | 1791 nt | 0.5734 | |
| AUUGUCCACUAAGGUCUGGCAGGUCUGAUUGCCUCUUUUCAGGCACUGA… | 1753 nt | 0.5562 | |
| AGUUAGACCAAAAUGAGCGAGGUGGAGAGCCUCUUAACCGGAUGCUACG… | 1695 nt | 0.5540 | |
| GCUGGGCUGCAGGGACUGCGGCGCCUGAGGGAGUCGCUGACGGGCACGC… | 1794 nt | 0.5708 | |
| GCUGGGCUGCAGGGACUGCGGCGCCUGAGGGAGUCGCUGACGGGCACGC… | 1851 nt | 0.5900 | |
| GCUGGGCUGCAGGGACUGCGGCGCCUGAGGGAGUCGCUGACGGGCACGC… | 1772 nt | 0.5632 | |
| AUUGUCCACUAAGGUCUGGCAGGUCUGAUUGCCUCUUUUCAGGCACUGA… | 2090 nt | 0.5574 | |
| GCUGGGCUGCAGGGACUGCGGCGCCUGAGGGAGUCGCUGACGGGCACGC… | 1546 nt | 0.5750 | |
| GCUGGGCUGCAGGGACUGCGGCGCCUGAGGGAGUCGCUGACGGGCACGC… | 1673 nt | 0.5714 |
Heme oxygenase, an essential enzyme in heme catabolism, cleaves heme to form biliverdin, which is subsequently converted to bilirubin by biliverdin reductase, and carbon monoxide, a putative neurotransmitter. Heme oxygenase activity is induced by its substrate heme and by various nonheme substances. Heme oxygenase occurs as 2 isozymes, an inducible heme oxygenase-1 and a constitutive heme oxygenase-2. HMOX1 and HMOX2 belong to the heme oxygenase family. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding three different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2013]
A study in Tibetan and Bama pigs (Sus scrofa domesticus) demonstrated that the HMOX2 was uniquely upregulated in the skeletal muscle of cold-exposed Tibetan pigs, indicating a role in the cold adaptation response [Yang et al. DOI:10.3390/ijms24087431]. In human trauma patients, major blunt force injury triggered a selective upregulation of the HMOX2 in circulating leukocytes, and its expression level was significantly correlated with clinical Max Denver 2 trauma scores [Brandfellner et al. DOI:10.1097/SHK.0b013e31829de02f].