Full name:

hydroxymethylbilane synthase

Synonyms:

UPS; PBGD; PORC; PBG-D

Swissprot:

P08397

Gene Accession:

BC000520

Purity:

>85%, as determined by Coomassie blue stained SDS-PAGE

Expression system:

Escherichia coli

Tags:

His tag C-Terminus, GST tag N-Terminus

Background:

This gene encodes a member of the hydroxymethylbilane synthase superfamily. The encoded protein is the third enzyme of the heme biosynthetic pathway and catalyzes the head to tail condensation of four porphobilinogen molecules into the linear hydroxymethylbilane. Mutations in this gene are associated with the autosomal dominant disease acute intermittent porphyria. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described.