EC 4.1.1.37: Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase
Reaction catalysed:
Uroporphyrinogen III = coproporphyrinogen + 4 CO(2)
Systematic name:
Uroporphyrinogen-III carboxy-lyase (coproporphyrinogen-III-forming)
Alternative Name(s):
- Porphyrinogen carboxy-lyase
- Porphyrinogen decarboxylase
- Uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase
- Uroporphyrinogen-III carboxy-lyase
GO terms
Biochemical function:
Biological process:
- heme O biosynthetic process
- heme metabolic process
- porphyrin-containing compound catabolic process
- heme B biosynthetic process
- heme A biosynthetic process
- heme biosynthetic process
- protoporphyrinogen IX biosynthetic process
- porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process
- porphyrin-containing compound metabolic process