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UROD gene

Known as: UROD, UROPORPHYRINOGEN DECARBOXYLASE, Uroporphyrinogen Decarboxylase Gene 
This gene is involved in heme synthesis.
National Institutes of Health

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AnabolismFamilial porphyria cutanea tardaHepatoerythropoietic PorphyriaPorphyria Cutanea Tarda

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2008
2008
Interaction of the Molecular Chaperone HtpG with Uroporphyrinogen Decarboxylase in the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942
Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (HemE) is important due to its location at the first branch-point in tetrapyrrole biosynthesis. We… 
1991
1991
Action of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase on uroporphyrinogen-III: a reassessment of the clockwise decarboxylation hypothesis.
2. Malthus, R., Clark, D. G., Watts, C. & Sneyd, J. G. T. (1980) Biochem. J. 188, 99-106 3. Lederer, B., Van Hoof, F., Van den… 
Review
1987
Review
1987
The 1986 Upjohn award lecture. Interaction of chemicals with hemoproteins: implications for the mechanism of action of porphyrinogenic drugs and nitroglycerin.
The ferrochelatase inhibitory activity of a variety of analogues of 3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-1,4-dihydro-2,4,6-trimethylpyridine (DDC… 
Review
1986
Review
1986
Pilot survey of urinary porphyrins from persons transiently exposed to a PCB transformer fire.
In rats and humans chronically exposed to large amounts of PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls) and PCDF (polychlorinated… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Inhibition of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase by halogenated biphenyls in chick hepatocyte cultures. Essential role for induction of cytochrome P-448.
Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.37) activity was assayed in cultures of chick-embryo hepatocytes by the changes in… 
1984
1984
Modified uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase activity in a yeast mutant which mimics porphyria cutanea tarda.
The isolation of a new mutant Sm1 strain of yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is described: this strain was partially defective in… 
1984
1984
Isolation and identification of a cDNA clone coding for rat uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase.
We have cloned and identified a DNA sequence complementary to the mRNA of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase ( UroDCase ) from rat… 
1984
1984
Dual mechanism of inhibition of rat liver uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase activity by ferrous iron: its potential role in the genesis of porphyria cutanea tarda.
Hepatic iron overload amplifies the uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase enzyme defect in human porphyria cutanea tarda. To understand… 
1983
1983
Inhibition of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase by 3,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl in chick embryo liver cell culture.
An assay was developed to measure uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase activity in 17-day-old chick embryo liver cells in culture… 
1981
1981
Chronische hepatische Porphyrie mit Uroporphyrinogen-Decarboxylase-Defekt in vier Generationen
A 54-year-old patient was found to have clinically manifest chronic hepatic porphyria (porphyria cutanea tarda) with… 
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