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D5U499 · D5U499_BRAM5

Function

function

Catalyzes the ferrous insertion into protoporphyrin IX.

Catalytic activity

Pathway

Porphyrin-containing compound metabolism; protoheme biosynthesis; protoheme from protoporphyrin-IX: step 1/1.

Features

Showing features for binding site.

TypeIDPosition(s)Description
Binding site192Fe2+ (UniProtKB | ChEBI)
Binding site273Fe2+ (UniProtKB | ChEBI)

GO annotations

AspectTerm
Cellular Componentcytoplasm
Molecular Functionferrochelatase activity
Molecular Functionmetal ion binding
Biological Processheme biosynthetic process

Keywords

Enzyme and pathway databases

Names & Taxonomy

Protein names

  • Recommended name
    Ferrochelatase
  • EC number
  • Alternative names
    • Heme synthase
    • Protoheme ferro-lyase

Gene names

    • Name
      hemH
    • Ordered locus names
      Bmur_2206

Organism names

Accessions

  • Primary accession
    D5U499

Proteomes

Subcellular Location

Keywords

Interaction

Protein-protein interaction databases

Family & Domains

Sequence similarities

Belongs to the ferrochelatase family.

Phylogenomic databases

Family and domain databases

Sequence

  • Sequence status
    Complete
  • Length
    330
  • Mass (Da)
    38,592
  • Last updated
    2010-07-13 v1
  • MD5 Checksum
    412304225945E1EF4D907E921E139871
MNNGKKETVILFNMGGANSIKEVNTFLINMFNDYHILNIKNSFMRSIIAKKIVNKIKPDVIKHYEAIGGKSPINEYTEKLVNKLNELDNSKDYKYAMNYSNPLSYDILKKLKHDNVREITLFSMYPQYSEVTVKSSLESIYKAMKKLKYNPKINIIDRYYDNEYYNNAIVELIKGSMIGKDINEYILIFSAHSIPKMYIDKGDPYKYECNCNAEILKEKLYKEGLHFKDIVLSYQSKIGKLEWLSPTTIDTIKKYRGEKLIIHPLAFTIDNSETIYEIDIEYRKEALNKYGIKDFILCPCLNDSTYFAKTIIELSKMNKELNISYSKKII

Sequence databases

Nucleotide SequenceProtein SequenceMolecule TypeStatus
CP001959
EMBL· GenBank· DDBJ
ADG72280.1
EMBL· GenBank· DDBJ
Genomic DNA

Genome annotation databases

Similar Proteins

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