Gene Symbol | HMBS |
Entrez Gene ID | 3145 |
Full Name | hydroxymethylbilane synthase |
Synonyms | PBG-D,PBGD,PORC,UPS |
General protein information |
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Gene Type | protein-coding |
Organism | Homo sapiens(human) |
Genome | |
Summary | 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. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]. |
Disorder MIM: | |
Disorder Html: | Porphyria, acute intermittent, 176000 (3); Porphyria, acute intermittent, nonerythroid variant, 176000 (3) |