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Accession
GO:0003870
Name
5-aminolevulinate synthase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
5-aminolevulinate synthetase activity, 5-aminolevulinic acid synthase activity, 5-aminolevulinic acid synthetase activity, ALA synthase activity, ALA synthetase activity, ALAS activity, alpha-aminolevulinic acid synthase activity, aminolevulinate synthase activity, aminolevulinate synthetase activity, aminolevulinic acid synthase activity, aminolevulinic acid synthetase activity, aminolevulinic synthetase activity, delta-ALA synthetase activity, delta-aminolevulinate synthase activity, delta-aminolevulinate synthetase activity, delta-aminolevulinic acid synthase activity, delta-aminolevulinic acid synthetase activity, delta-aminolevulinic synthetase activity, succinyl-CoA:glycine C-succinyltransferase (decarboxylating)
Alternate IDs
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Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: glycine + H+ + succinyl-CoA = 5-aminolevulinate + CO2 + CoA. Source: RHEA:12921, EC:2.3.1.37
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0003870 at QuickGO
Chem. react.
has participant carbon dioxide
has participant coenzyme A(4-)
has participant glycine zwitterion
has participant hydron
has participant succinyl-CoA(5-)
has participant 5-ammoniolevulinate
Subset
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Parents of 5-aminolevulinate synthase activity (GO:0003870)
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5-aminolevulinate synthase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  carbon dioxide (CHEBI:16526)
5-aminolevulinate synthase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  coenzyme A(4-) (CHEBI:57287)
5-aminolevulinate synthase activity [is_a relation] is_a  N-succinyltransferase activity (GO:0016749)
5-aminolevulinate synthase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  glycine zwitterion (CHEBI:57305)
5-aminolevulinate synthase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  hydron (CHEBI:15378)
5-aminolevulinate synthase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  succinyl-CoA(5-) (CHEBI:57292)
5-aminolevulinate synthase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  5-ammoniolevulinate (CHEBI:356416)

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EC
2.3.1.37
KEGG_REACTION
R00830
MetaCyc
5-AMINOLEVULINIC-ACID-SYNTHASE-RXN
Reactome
R-HSA-189442
RHEA
12921