Protein Description
Porphobilinogen deaminase
Background
The 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.
Ligand Chemical Component
DPM
Reference
Song, G., Li, Y., Cheng, C., Zhao, Y., Gao, A., Zhang, R., Joachimiak, A., Shaw, N., Liu, Z.J. (2009) Structural insight into acute intermittent porphyria. Faseb J. 23: 396-404