I nternational F oundation for O ptic N erve D isease P. O. Box 777, Cornwall NY 12518, USA Providing and disseminating information on causes, prevention and treatment. It is produced by the action of heme oxygenases 1 and 2. This gas is also neurotoxic and generally toxic if inhaled in large quantities. It binds tightly to heme proteins in hemoglobin and mitochondrial electron transport Complex IV . It has been implicated as an epigenetic factor in Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy.
Aqueous humor is produced in the posterior chamber by the ciliary processes.
The fluid is drained from the anterior chamber through the sinus venosus also known as the scleral Canal of Schlemm into the scleral plexuses. Hydrophobic small yellow compound. Acts as a mobile electron carrier within the lipid centre of the inner mitochondrial membrane. One of the inner mitochondrial membrane proteins of the electron transport chain of oxidative phosphorylation. There is a chain of steps in the electron donation starting with a molecule of flavin mononucleotide at the matrix side.