Uroporphyrinogen III Synthetase
"Uroporphyrinogen III Synthetase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme that catalyzes the cyclization of hydroxymethylbilane to yield UROPORPHYRINOGEN III and water. It is the fourth enzyme in the 8-enzyme biosynthetic pathway of HEME, and is encoded by UROS gene. Mutations of UROS gene result in CONGENITAL ERYTHROPOIETIC PORPHYRIA.
| Descriptor ID |
D014576
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.520.241.300.950
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| Concept/Terms |
Uroporphyrinogen III Synthetase- Uroporphyrinogen III Synthetase
- Synthetase, Uroporphyrinogen III
- Uroporphyrinogen III Cosynthetase
- Cosynthetase, Uroporphyrinogen III
- Uroporphyrinogen-III Synthase
- Synthase, Uroporphyrinogen-III
- Uroporphyrinogen III Synthase
- Cosynthase
- Uroporphyrinogen Isomerase
- Isomerase, Uroporphyrinogen
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