Porphobilinogen deaminase

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Hydroxymethylbilane synthase

Rendering based on PDB 3ECR.
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PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
SymbolsHMBS; PBG-D; PBGD; PORC; UPS
External IDsOMIM: 609806 MGI: 96112 HomoloGene: 158 GeneCards: HMBS Gene
EC number2.5.1.61
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Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez314515288
EnsemblENSG00000256269ENSMUSG00000032126
UniProtP08397P22907
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_000190NM_001110251
RefSeq (protein)NP_000181NP_001103721
Location (UCSC)Chr 11:
118.96 – 118.96 Mb
Chr 9:
44.34 – 44.34 Mb
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Porphobilinogen deaminase (EC 2.5.1.61, also known as hydroxymethylbilane synthase or uroporphyrinogen I synthase) is an enzyme involved in the third step of the metabolism of porphyrin, converting porphobilinogen into hydroxymethylbilane. The enzyme has the unique cofactor dipyrromethane. Defective activity of this enzyme can lead to the disorder acute intermittent porphyria.

This gene encodes a member of the hydroxymethylbilane synthase superfamily. The encoded protein is the third enzyme of the heme biosynthetic pathway and catalyzes the head to tail condensation of four porphobilinogen molecules into the linear hydroxymethylbilane. Mutations in this gene are associated with the autosomal dominant disease acute intermittent porphyria. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described.[1]

Older sources categorize it under EC 4.3.1.8.

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