Heme biosynthesis

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Metabolites

CO2

Formula: CO2 (43.98983)

CAS ID: 124-38-9

Fe2+

Formula: Fe (55.934939)

CAS ID: 15438-31-0

H+

Formula: H (1.0078246)

CAS ID: 12408-02-5

H2O

Formula: H2O (18.0105642)

CAS ID: 7732-18-5

Hydrogen peroxide

Formula: H2O2 (34.0054792)

CAS ID: 7722-84-1

Lead

Formula: Pb (207.976641)

CAS ID: 7439-92-1

Oxygen

Formula: O2 (31.98983)

CAS ID: 7782-44-7

Zinc cation

Formula: Zn (63.929145)

CAS ID: 23713-49-7

ATP(4-)

Formula: C10H12N5O13P3 (502.9644492)

CAS ID:

ADP(3-)

Formula: C10H12N5O10P2 (424.0059412)

CAS ID:

dipyrromethane

Formula: C9H10N2 (146.084394)

CAS ID: 21211-65-4



Enzyme

EC Number name full name note
1.17.99.9 heme a synthase ferroheme o:acceptor C-81-oxidoreductase (heme a-forming)
1.3.3.3 coproporphyrinogen oxidase coproporphyrinogen:oxygen oxidoreductase (decarboxylating)
1.3.3.4 protoporphyrinogen oxidase protoporphyrinogen-IX:oxygen oxidoreductase
2.3.1.37 5-aminolevulinate synthase succinyl-CoA:glycine C-succinyltransferase (decarboxylating)
2.5.1.141 heme o synthase (2E,6E)-farnesyl-diphosphate:protoheme IX farnesyltranstransferase
2.5.1.61 hydroxymethylbilane synthase porphobilinogen:(4-[2-carboxyethyl]-3-[carboxymethyl]pyrrol-2-yl)methyltransferase (hydrolysing)
4.1.1.37 uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase uroporphyrinogen-III carboxy-lyase (coproporphyrinogen-III-forming)
4.2.1.24 porphobilinogen synthase 5-aminolevulinate hydro-lyase (adding 5-aminolevulinate and cyclizing; porphobilinogen-forming)
4.2.1.75 uroporphyrinogen-III synthase hydroxymethylbilane hydro-lyase (cyclizing; uroporphyrinogen-III-forming)
4.98.1.1 protoporphyrin ferrochelatase protoheme ferro-lyase (protoporphyrin-forming)
7.6.2.2 ABC-type xenobiotic transporter ATP phosphohydrolase (ABC-type, xenobiotic-exporting)


Proteins

Protein ID name full name