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5-Aminolevulinate synthase

Known as: Aminolevulinic Acid Synthetase, Synthetase, 5-Aminolevulinate, delta Aminolevulinate Synthase 
An enzyme of the transferase class that catalyzes condensation of the succinyl group from succinyl coenzyme A with glycine to form delta… 
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5-aminolevulinate synthase activityALAS1 geneIn BloodProcess of secretion

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ALAS2 protein, humanProtoporphyria, Erythropoietic, X-Linked Dominant

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Acyltransferase

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1999
1999
Transcriptional regulation of 5-aminolevulinate synthase by phenobarbital and cAMP-dependent protein kinase.
5-Aminolevulinate synthase (ALA-S) is a mitochondrial matrix enzyme that catalyzes the first and rate-limiting step of the heme… 
1998
1998
Role of arginine 439 in substrate binding of 5-aminolevulinate synthase.
5-Aminolevulinate synthase (EC 2.3.1.37) catalyzes the first reaction in the heme biosynthetic pathway in nonplant eukaryotes and… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Transcriptional regulation of hydrogenase synthesis by nickel in Bradyrhizobium japonicum.
Nickel is a component of the H2-oxidizing hydrogenase of many bacteria. We report that nickel is required not only for the… 
1986
1986
Nucleotide sequence of the chicken 5-aminolevulinate synthase gene.
5-Aminolevulinate synthase, the first and rate-controlling enzyme of heme biosynthesis, is regulated in the liver by the end… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Heme is necessary for the accumulation and assembly of cytochrome c oxidase subunits in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Increased erythrocyte uroporphyrinogen-l-synthetase, delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase and protoporphyrin in hemolytic anemias.
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
STUDIES IN PORPHYRIA
Patients with the genetic liver disease, acute intermittent porphyria (AIP), have a defect in the reductive transformation of… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Controls on chlorophyll synthesis in barley.
In 7- to 10-day-old leaves of etiolated barley (Hordeum vulgare), all of the enzymes that convert delta-aminolevulinic acid to… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Erythropoietic activity of steroid metabolites in mice.
The per cent Fe(59) incorporation into circulating erythrocytes as an indicator for new hemoglobin production was used in the… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Mechanism of allylisopropylacetamide-induced increase of delta-aminolevulinate synthetase in liver mitochondria. IV. Accumulation of the enzyme in the soluble fraction of rat liver.
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