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EC 2.5.1.61 Details
EC number
2.5.1.61
Accepted name
hydroxymethylbilane synthase
Reaction
4 porphobilinogen + H2O = hydroxymethylbilane + 4 NH3
Other name(s)
HMB-synthase, porphobilinogen deaminase, pre-uroporphyrinogen synthase, uroporphyrinogen I synthase, uroporphyrinogen I synthetase, uroporphyrinogen synthase, uroporphyrinogen synthetase, porphobilinogen ammonia-lyase (polymerizing), (4-[2-carboxyethyl]-3-[carboxymethyl]pyrrol-2-yl)methyltransferase (hydrolysing)
Systematic name
porphobilinogen:(4-[2-carboxyethyl]-3-[carboxymethyl]pyrrol-2-yl)methyltransferase (hydrolysing)
CAS registry number
9074-91-3
Comment
The enzyme works by stepwise addition of pyrrolylmethyl groups until a hexapyrrole is present at the active centre. The terminal tetrapyrrole is then hydrolysed to yield the product, leaving a cysteine-bound dipyrrole on which assembly continues. In the presence of a second enzyme, EC 4.2.1.75 uroporphyrinogen-III synthase, which is often called cosynthase, the product is cyclized to form uroporphyrinogen-III. If EC 4.2.1.75 is absent, the hydroxymethylbilane cyclizes spontaneously to form uroporphyrinogen I.
History
created 1972 as EC 4.3.1.8, transferred 2003 to EC 2.6.1.61
EC Tree
2.5.1.12 created 1972, deleted 1976
2.5.1.13 created 1972, deleted 1976
2.5.1.14 created 1972, deleted 1976
2.5.1.37 created 1989, deleted 2004
2.5.1.40 created 1992, deleted 1999