UROD decarboxylates URO3 to COPRO3
URO3 + 4 H+ → COPRO3 + 4 CO2
- Reactome
- R-HSA-189425
- Compartment
- cytosol
- Rhea
- RHEA:19866
Inputs
- URO3CHEBI:57308, C40H36N4O16, cytosol
- 4 H+CHEBI:15378, H, cytosol
Outputs
- COPRO3CHEBI:57309, C36H40N4O8, cytosol
- 4 CO2CHEBI:16526, CO2, cytosol
Catalysed by
- carbon-carbon lyase activity of 2xUROD [cytosol]EC 4.1
Literature
- Purification and properties of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase from human erythrocytes. A single enzyme catalyzing the four sequential decarboxylations of uroporphyrinogens I and III. J Biol Chem, 1983
- Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase: complete human gene sequence and molecular study of three families with hepatoerythropoietic porphyria Am J Hum Genet, 1996