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EC 4.1.1.37     
Accepted name: uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase
Reaction: uroporphyrinogen III = coproporphyrinogen III + 4 CO2
For diagram of the later stages of porphyrin biosynthesis, click here
Other name(s): uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase; porphyrinogen carboxy-lyase; porphyrinogen decarboxylase; uroporphyrinogen-III carboxy-lyase
Systematic name: uroporphyrinogen-III carboxy-lyase (coproporphyrinogen-III-forming)
Comments: Acts on a number of porphyrinogens.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9024-70-8
References:
1.  Mauzerall, D. and Granick, S. Porphyrin biosynthesis in erythrocytes. III. Uroporphyrinogen and its decarboxylase. J. Biol. Chem. 232 (1958) 1141–1162. [PMID: 13549492]
2.  Tomio, J.M., Garcia, R.C., San Martin de Viale, L.C. and Grinstein, M. Porphyrin biosynthesis. VII. Porphyrinogen carboxy-lyase from avian erythrocytes. Purification and properties. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 198 (1970) 353–363. [DOI] [PMID: 4984554]
[EC 4.1.1.37 created 1965]
 
 


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