Recurrent missense mutation in the protoporphyrinogen oxidase gene underlies variegate porphyria.

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The porphyrias represent a heterogeneous group of disorders of porphyrin or porphyrin-precursor metabolism, resulting from the inherited or acquired dysregulation of one of the eight enzymes in the porphyrin-heme biosynthetic pathway. Variegate porphyria, one of the acute hepatic porphyrias, is characterized by a partial reduction in the activity of the penultimate enzyme in the heme biosynthetic pathway,...

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