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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.
-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.
[ 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).