| Aminolevulinate dehydratase | |||||||||||||
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PDB rendering based on 1e51. |
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| Symbols | ALAD; ALADH; MGC5057; PBGS | ||||||||||||
| External IDs | OMIM: 125270 MGI: 96853 HomoloGene: 16 GeneCards: ALAD Gene | ||||||||||||
| EC number | 4.2.1.24 | ||||||||||||
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| Species | Human | Mouse | |||||||||||
| Entrez | 210 | 17025 | |||||||||||
| Ensembl | ENSG00000148218 | ENSMUSG00000028393 | |||||||||||
| UniProt | P13716 | O89061 | |||||||||||
| RefSeq (mRNA) | NM_000031.5 | NM_008525.3 | |||||||||||
| RefSeq (protein) | NP_000022.3 | NP_032551.3 | |||||||||||
| Location (UCSC) | Chr 9: 116.15 – 116.16 Mb |
Chr 4: 62.17 – 62.18 Mb |
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| PubMed search | [1] | [2] | |||||||||||
Delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ALAD gene.[1][2]
The ALAD enzyme is composed of 8 identical subunits and catalyzes the condensation of 2 molecules of delta-aminolevulinate to form porphobilinogen (a precursor of heme, cytochromes and other hemoproteins). ALAD catalyzes the second step in the porphyrin and heme biosynthetic pathway; zinc is essential for enzymatic activity. ALAD enzymatic activity is inhibited by lead and a defect in the ALAD structural gene can cause increased sensitivity to lead poisoning and acute hepatic porphyria. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified.[3]
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