Ferrochelatase

GENE NAME

Ferrochelatase

ORGANISM

Mycobacterium ulcerans (strain Agy99)

GENE NAME

hemH

GENE ID

4552377

TDR TARGET ID

955070

PROTEIN LENGTH

340

ASSOCIATED METABOLIC PATHWAYS

Porphyrin and chlorophyll metabolism

FUNCTION

Involved in coproporphyrin-dependent heme b biosynthesis. Catalyzes the insertion of ferrous iron into coproporphyrin III to form Fe-coproporphyrin III.

UNIPROT ID

A0PNU6

STRING

362242.MUL_1493

KEGG PATHWAY

mul:MUL_1493

GO - MOLECULAR FUNCTION

GO:0004325

GO:0046872

GO - BIOLOGICAL PROCESS

GO:0006783

LINK TO PUBMED


REFERENCE

Butt, A. M., Nasrullah, I., Tahir, S., & Tong, Y. (2012). Comparative Genomics Analysis of Mycobacterium ulcerans for the Identification of Putative Essential Genesand Therapeutic Candidates.pdf (p. 16). https://doi.org/10.1371/annotation/8ce51727-91b0-463f-9b4c-768aab0a230a