Term Information

Accession
GO:0004655
Name
porphobilinogen synthase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
aminolevulinate dehydratase activity, delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase activity, 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, aminolevulinic dehydratase activity, delta-aminolevulinate dehydratase activity, delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydrase activity, delta-aminolevulinic dehydratase activity
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: 2 5-aminolevulinate = 2 H2O + H+ + porphobilinogen. Source: EC:4.2.1.24, RHEA:24064
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0004655 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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porphobilinogen synthase activity [is_a relation] is_a  hydro-lyase activity (GO:0016836)

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