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Crystal structure of human uroporphyrinogen III synthase.
The EMBO journal - 1 Nov 2001
Mathews M A, Schubert H L, Whitby F G, Alexander K J, Schadick K, Bergonia H A, Phillips J D, Hill C P
Abstract excerpt
Uroporphyrinogen III synthase, U3S, the fourth enzyme in the porphyrin biosynthetic pathway, catalyzes cyclization of the linear tetrapyrrole, hydroxymethylbilane, to the macrocyclic uroporphyrino gen III, which is used in several different pathways to form heme, siroheme, chlorophyll, F(430) and vitamin B(12). U3S activity is essential in all organisms, and decreased activity in humans leads to the autosomal...
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