Medical Definition of Uroporphyrinogen I synthetase
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An enzyme of haem biosynthesis that is defective in the inherited (autosomal dominant) disease, acute intermittent porphyria. UP I is isomerised to UP III by UP III synthetase, defective in the autosomal recessive disease, congenital erythropoietic porphyria.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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