... thesame time, distinct absorption bands of oxyhemeappeared at 540 and 579 nm. Then, a broad bandappeared at around 660 nm, and was maximal 9–1 2 minafter initiation of the reaction. The spectral ... absorption bands. Heme catabolism byHOs of mammals, pathogenic bacteria, cyanobacteria and probably insects is considered to have a similarmechanism, because the characteristic absorptionbands of verdoheme ... the axial heme ligand in ratheme oxygenase-1. Arch Biochem Biophys 317, 25 3–2 58.21 Chu GC, Katakura K, Tomita T, Zhang X, Sun D,Sato M, Sasahara M, Kayama T, Ikeda-Saito M &Yoshida T...