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- * Delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase active site *
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- Delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (EC 4.2.1.24) (ALAD) [1] catalyzes the
- second step in the biosynthesis of heme, the condensation of two molecules of
- 5-aminolevulinate to form porphobilinogen. The enzyme is an oligomer composed
- of eight identical subunits. Each of the subunits binds an atom of zinc or of
- magnesium (in plants). A lysine has been implicated in the catalytic mechanism
- [2]. The sequence of the region in the vicinity of the active site residue
- is conserved in ALAD from various prokaryotic and eukaryotic species.
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- -Consensus pattern: G-x-D-x-[LIVM](2)-V-K-P-[GSA]-x(2)-Y
- [K is the active site residue]
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Other sequence(s) detected in SWISS-PROT: NONE.
- -Last update: October 1993 / Text revised.
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- [ 1] Li J.-M., Russell C.S., Cosloy S.D.
- Gene 75:177-184(1989).
- [ 2] Gibbs P.N.B., Jordan P.M.
- Biochem. J. 236:447-451(1986).
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