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EC 4.98.1.1     
Accepted name: protoporphyrin ferrochelatase
Reaction: protoheme + 2 H+ = protoporphyrin + Fe2+
For diagram of heme and chlorophyll biosynthesis, click here
Other name(s): ferro-protoporphyrin chelatase; iron chelatase (ambiguous); heme synthetase (ambiguous); heme synthase (ambiguous); protoheme ferro-lyase; ferrochelatase (ambiguous)
Systematic name: protoheme ferro-lyase (protoporphyrin-forming)
Comments: The enzyme catalyses the terminal step in the heme biosynthesis pathways of eukaryotes and Gram-negative bacteria. The reaction is catalysed only in the reverse direction.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9012-93-5
References:
1.  Porra, R.J. and Jones, O.T. Studies on ferrochelatase. 1. Assay and properties of ferrochelatase from a pig-liver mitochondrial extract. Biochem. J. 87 (1963) 181–185. [PMID: 13972328]
2.  Porra, R.J. and Jones, O.T. Studies on ferrochelatase. 2. An investigation of the role of ferrochelatase in the biosynthesis of various haem prosthetic groups. Biochem. J. 87 (1963) 186–192. [PMID: 13972329]
3.  Bloomer, J.R., Hill, H.D., Morton, K.O., Anderson-Burnham, L.A. and Straka, J.G. The enzyme defect in bovine protoporphyria. Studies with purified ferrochelatase. J. Biol. Chem. 262 (1987) 667–671. [PMID: 3805002]
[EC 4.98.1.1 created 1965 as EC 4.99.1.1, modified 2016, transferred 2021 to EC 4.98.1.1]
 
 


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