Biliverdin_reductase

Biliverdin reductase

biliverdin reductase A

Identifiers

Symbol BLVRA

Alt. Symbols BLVR

Entrez 644

HUGO 1062

OMIM 109750

RefSeq NM_000712

UniProt P53004

Other data

EC number 1.3.1.24

Locus Chr. 7 p14-cen

biliverdin reductase B

Identifiers

Symbol BLVRB

Alt. Symbols FLR

Entrez 645

HUGO 1063

OMIM 600941

RefSeq NM_000713

UniProt P30043

Other data

EC number 1.3.1.24

Locus Chr. 19 q13.1-13.2

Biliverdin reductase is an enzyme (EC 1.3.1.24) that converts biliverdin to bilirubin, converting a double-bond between the second and third pyrrole ring into a single-bond.

biliverdin

bilirubin

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MeSH biliverdin+reductase

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v • d • e Oxidoreductases: CH-CH oxidoreductases (EC 1.3)

1.3.1. NAD/NADP acceptor	Enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase/Enoyl ACP reductase - 7-Dehydrocholesterol reductase - Biliverdin reductase - 2,4 Dienoyl-CoA reductase

1.3.3. Oxygen acceptor	Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase - Coproporphyrinogen III oxidase - Protoporphyrinogen oxidase -

1.3.5. Quinone	Succinate dehydrogenase

1.3.99. Other acceptors	Fumarate reductase - Butyryl CoA dehydrogenase - Acyl CoA dehydrogenase (ACADSB) - 5-alpha reductase - Glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase - Isovaleryl coenzyme A dehydrogenase

v • d • e Metabolism: amino acid metabolism - porphyrin enzymes

Porphyrin biosynthesis	initial mitochondrial: Aminolevulinic acid synthase - Porphobilinogen synthase cytosolic: Porphobilinogen deaminase - Uroporphyrinogen III synthase - Uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase - Coproporphyrinogen III oxidase terminal mitochondrial: Protoporphyrinogen oxidase - Ferrochelatase

Heme breakdown to bile	spleen: Heme oxygenase - Biliverdin reductase liver: UDP-glucuronosyltransferase

see also disorders, intermediates