porphobilinogen synthase activity

Term ID

GO:0004655

Synonyms

• 5-aminolevulinate hydro-lyase (adding 5-aminolevulinate and cyclizing)
• 5-aminolevulinate hydro-lyase (adding 5-aminolevulinate and cyclizing; porphobilinogen-forming)
• 5-levulinic acid dehydratase activity
• aminolevulinate dehydratase activity
• aminolevulinic dehydratase activity
• delta-aminolevulinate dehydratase activity
• delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydrase activity
• delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase activity
• delta-aminolevulinic dehydratase activity

Definition

Catalysis of the reaction: 2 5-aminolevulinate = 2 H2O + H+ + porphobilinogen. 4.2.1.24

References

• EC:4.2.1.24
• KEGG_REACTION:R00036
• MetaCyc:PORPHOBILSYNTH-RXN
• RHEA:24064
• Reactome:R-HSA-189439

Ontology

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