title: Why should heme be degraded to iron, bile pigments, and carbon monoxide?
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Harvey
authors.forename: A Shigeru
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Sassa
mesh_terms: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000378:metabolism*; D001692:Biological Transport; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D006418:Heme / Q000378:metabolism*; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism*; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D006454:Hemoglobins; D006418:Heme; D002248:Carbon Monoxide; D007501:Iron; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases