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Preferred term

Uroporphyrinogen III Synthetase  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cosynthase
  • Cosynthetase, Uroporphyrinogen III
  • Isomerase, Uroporphyrinogen
  • Synthase, Uroporphyrinogen-III
  • Uroporphyrinogen III Cosynthetase
  • Uroporphyrinogen III Synthase
  • Uroporphyrinogen-III Synthase
  • Uroporphyrinogen Isomerase

Scope note

  • An enzyme that catalyzes the cyclization of hydroxymethylbilane to yield UROPORPHYRINOGEN III and water. It is the fourth enzyme in the 8-enzyme biosynthetic pathway of HEME, and is encoded by UROS gene. Mutations of UROS gene result in CONGENITAL ERYTHROPOIETIC PORPHYRIA.

History note

  • 2005 (1975)

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014576

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