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Definition of Biliverdin

Biliverdin
Biliverdin Bil`i*ver"din, n. [L. bilis bile + viridis green. Cf. Verdure.] (Physiol.) A green pigment present in the bile, formed from bilirubin by oxidation.

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- Biliverdin (Latin for green bile) is a green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, and is a product of heme catabolism. It is the pigment responsible for a greenish...
- Biliverdin reductase (BVR) is an enzyme (EC 1.3.1.24) found in all tissues under normal conditions, but especially in reticulo-macrophages of the liver...
- ****. The production of biliverdin from heme is the first major step in the catabolic pathway, after which the enzyme biliverdin reductase performs the...
- as HO) is an enzyme that catalyzes the degradation of heme to produce biliverdin, ferrous ion, and carbon monoxide. There are many heme degrading enzymes...
- exert its damaging effects. In the second reaction, biliverdin is converted to bilirubin by biliverdin reductase (BVR): Bilirubin is transported into the...
- digested ferritin and lysosomes. The breakdown of heme gives rise to biliverdin and iron. The body then traps the released iron and stores it as hemosiderin...
- Biliverdin reductase A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BLVRA gene. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the biliverdin reductase...
- Biliverdin reductase B is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BLVRB gene. The BLVRB gene was localized to chromosome 19, the specific region being...
- oxygenase and results in biliverdin (green color pigment), iron, and carbon monoxide. The next step is the reduction of biliverdin to a yellow color tetrapyrrole...
- Macrophages break down senescent erythrocytes and break the heme down into biliverdin, which rapidly reduces to free bilirubin. Bilirubin binds tightly to plasma...