Structure-function studies of yeast ferrochelatase. Identification and functional analysis of amino acid substitutions that increase Vmax and the KM for both substrates.

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The molecular basis of the ferrochelatase defects was investigated in two "protoporphyric" and partially heme-deficient yeast mutants. Ferrochelatase, a mitochondrial inner membrane-bound enzyme, catalyzes the incorporation of ferrous iron into protoporphyrin, the last step in protoheme biosynthesis. The mutant cells made normal amounts of normal-sized ferrochelatase, as detected by immunoblotting. The mutations...

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