Reaction Details

Stochiometric Equation H2O + 4 Porphobilinogen <-> 4 NH3 + Hydroxymethylbilane
Substrates
Porphobilinogen
H2O
Products
Hydroxymethylbilane
NH3
Enzymes known to catalyse this reaction (curated information)
EC Numberin OrganismUniProt LinkPubMedID
2.5.1.61 Escherichia coli UniProt 2025226
2.5.1.61 Escherichia coli UniProt 3548707
2.5.1.61 Homo sapiens UniProt 23815679
2.5.1.61 Rattus norvegicus UniProt 1418238
Pathways Biosynthesis of cofactors
Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites
Metabolic pathways
Microbial metabolism in diverse environments
Porphyrin and chlorophyll metabolism


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