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    Heme metabolism enzymes are dynamically expressed during Xenopus embryonic development

    JIANLI SHI, WENYAN MEI, JING YANG

    BIOCELL, Vol.32, No.3, pp. 259-263, 2008, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2008.32.259

    Abstract As the key component of many hemoproteins (heme-containing proteins), heme is involved in a broad range of biological processes. Enzymes required for heme biosynthesis and degradation pathways are evolutionarily conserved. While heme metabolism has been studied extensively, the expression of heme metabolism enzymes during development has not been described. Here, we report that all heme biosynthases and two heme oxygenases, which initiate heme degradation, are dynamically expressed during Xenopus embryonic development. All heme synthases, with the exception of aminolevulinic acid synthase 2, are maternally expressed. At neurula stage, heme synthases are expressed in the developing neural… More >

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