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Uroporphyrinogen

Index Uroporphyrinogen

Uroporphyrinogens are cyclic tetrapyrroles with four propionic acid groups ("P" groups) and four acetic acid groups ("A" groups). [1]

10 relations: Acetic acid, Coproporphyrinogen III, Hydroxymethylbilane, Porphyrin, Propionic acid, Tetrapyrrole, Uroporphyrinogen I, Uroporphyrinogen III, Uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase, Uroporphyrinogen III synthase.

Acetic acid

Acetic acid, systematically named ethanoic acid, is a colourless liquid organic compound with the chemical formula CH3COOH (also written as CH3CO2H or C2H4O2).

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Coproporphyrinogen III

Coproporphyrinogen III is a metabolic intermediate in the biosynthesis of heme.

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Hydroxymethylbilane

Hydroxymethylbilane (HMB), also known as preuroporphyrinogen, is a molecule involved in the metabolism of porphyrin.

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Porphyrin

Porphyrins (/phɔɹfɚɪn/ ''POUR-fer-in'') are a group of heterocyclic macrocycle organic compounds, composed of four modified pyrrole subunits interconnected at their α carbon atoms via methine bridges (.

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Propionic acid

Propionic acid (from the Greek words protos, meaning "first", and pion, meaning "fat"; also known as propanoic acid) is a naturally occurring carboxylic acid with chemical formula C2H5COOH.

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Tetrapyrrole

Tetrapyrroles are a class of chemical compounds that contain four pyrrole or pyrrole-like rings.

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Uroporphyrinogen I

Uroporphyrinogen I is an isomer of uroporphyrinogen III, a metabolic intermediate in the biosynthesis of heme.

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Uroporphyrinogen III

Uroporphyrinogen III is a tetrapyrrole, the first macrocyclic intermediate in the biosynthesis of heme, chlorophyll, vitamin B12, and siroheme.

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Uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase

Uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase (uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase, or UROD) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the UROD gene.

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Uroporphyrinogen III synthase

Uroporphyrinogen III synthase is an enzyme involved in the metabolism of the cyclic tetrapyrrole compound porphyrin.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uroporphyrinogen

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