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Accession
GO:0004418
Name
hydroxymethylbilane synthase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
(4-(2-carboxyethyl)-3-(carboxymethyl)pyrrol-2-yl)methyltransferase (hydrolyzing) activity, (4-[2-carboxyethyl]-3-[carboxymethyl]pyrrol-2-yl)methyltransferase (hydrolysing), HMB-synthase activity, porphobilinogen ammonia-lyase (polymerizing), porphobilinogen deaminase activity, porphobilinogen:(4-[2-carboxyethyl]-3-[carboxymethyl]pyrrol-2-yl)methyltransferase (hydrolysing), pre-uroporphyrinogen synthase activity, uroporphyrinogen synthase activity, uroporphyrinogen synthetase activity, uroporphyrinogen I synthase activity, uroporphyrinogen I synthetase activity
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: H2O + 4 porphobilinogen = hydroxymethylbilane + 4 NH4. Source: RHEA:13185, EC:2.5.1.61
Comment
Note that this function was formerly EC:4.3.1.8.
History
See term history for GO:0004418 at QuickGO
Chem. react.
has participant water
has participant preuroporphyrinogen(8-)
has participant ammonium
has participant porphobilinogen(1-)
Subset
None
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Parents of hydroxymethylbilane synthase activity (GO:0004418)
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hydroxymethylbilane synthase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  water (CHEBI:15377)
hydroxymethylbilane synthase activity [is_a relation] is_a  transferase activity, transferring alkyl or aryl (other than methyl) groups (GO:0016765)
hydroxymethylbilane synthase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  preuroporphyrinogen(8-) (CHEBI:57845)
hydroxymethylbilane synthase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  ammonium (CHEBI:28938)
hydroxymethylbilane synthase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  porphobilinogen(1-) (CHEBI:58126)

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EC
2.5.1.61
KEGG_REACTION
R00084
MetaCyc
OHMETHYLBILANESYN-RXN
Reactome
R-HSA-189406
RHEA
13185