| Identification | 
  
    | Name: | Delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase | 
  
    | Synonyms: | ALADALADHPorphobilinogen synthase
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    | Gene Name: | hemB | 
  
    | Enzyme Class: |  | 
  
    | Biological Properties | 
  
    | General Function: | Involved in catalytic activity | 
  
    | Specific Function: | Catalyzes an early step in the biosynthesis of tetrapyrroles. Binds two molecules of 5-aminolevulinate per subunit, each at a distinct site, and catalyzes their condensation to form porphobilinogen | 
  
    | Cellular Location: | Not Available | 
    
    | KEGG Pathways: |  | 
  
    | KEGG Reactions: |  | 
  
    | SMPDB Reactions: |  | 
  
    | PseudoCyc/BioCyc Reactions: |  | 
  
    | Complex Reactions: |  | 
  
    | Transports: | Not Available | 
  
    | Metabolites: |  | 
  
    | GO Classification: | | Function | 
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 | binding |  | carbon-oxygen lyase activity |  | catalytic activity |  | cation binding |  | hydro-lyase activity |  | ion binding |  | lyase activity |  | metal ion binding |  | porphobilinogen synthase activity |  | Process | 
|---|
 | biosynthetic process |  | cellular biosynthetic process |  | heterocycle biosynthetic process |  | metabolic process |  | tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process | 
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    | Gene Properties | 
  
    | Locus tag: | PA5243 | 
  
    | Strand: | - | 
  
    | Entrez Gene ID: | 879701 | 
  
    | Accession: | NP_253930.1 | 
  
    | GI: | 15600436 | 
  
    | Sequence start: | 5904614 | 
  
    | Sequence End: | 5905627 | 
  
    | Sequence Length: | 1013 | 
  
    | Gene Sequence: | >PA5243
GTGAGCTTCACTCCCGCCAATCGCGCCTATCCCTACACCCGCCTGCGGCGCAATCGCCGCGATGACTTCTCCCGCCGCCTGGTCCGCGAGAATGTCCTCACCGTCGACGACCTGATCCTGCCGGTGTTCGTCCTCGATGGGGTCAACCAGCGTGAAAGCATTCCGTCGATGCCCGGCGTCGAGCGCCTGTCCATCGACCAGTTGCTGATCGAGGCGGAAGAGTGGGTGGCCCTGGGCATTCCGGCGCTGGCGCTGTTCCCTGTGACCCCGGTGGAGAAGAAGTCCCTGGACGCCGCCGAGGCATACAACCCGGAAGGCATCGCCCAGCGCGCCACCCGTGCCCTGCGCGAGCGCTTTCCGGAGCTGGGCATCATCACCGACGTGGCGCTCGACCCGTTCACCACCCATGGCCAGGACGGCATCCTGGATGACGATGGCTACGTCCTCAACGACGTCAGCATCGACGTGCTGGTACGGCAGGCGCTGTCCCACGCCGAGGCCGGCGCCCAGGTGGTAGCGCCCTCGGACATGATGGACGGTCGCATCGGTGCGATCCGCGAGGCCCTGGAGTCTGCCGGCCACACCAATGTGCGGATCATGGCCTACTCGGCCAAGTACGCCAGCGCCTACTACGGTCCGTTCCGCGATGCGGTCGGCTCGGCTTCGAACCTCGGCAAGGGCAACAAGGCCACCTACCAGATGGATCCGGCGAACAGCGACGAGGCACTTCACGAAGTGGCCGCCGACCTGGCCGAAGGCGCCGACATGGTGATGGTCAAGCCGGGCATGCCCTACCTCGACATCGTGCGTCGGGTGAAGGATGAATTCCGCGCCCCGACCTTTGTCTACCAGGTCAGCGGCGAGTATGCGATGCACATGGGCGCCATCCAGAACGGCTGGCTGGCCGAATCGGTGATCCTCGAATCCCTTACCGCCTTCAAACGTGCCGGCGCCGATGGCATTCTGACCTACTTCGCCAAGCAGGCCGCAGAACAATTAAGACGGGGGCGTTGA | 
  
    | Protein Properties | 
    
    | Protein Residues: | 337 | 
  
    | Protein Molecular Weight: | 37 kDa | 
  
    | Protein Theoretical pI: | 4.83 | 
  
    | Hydropathicity (GRAVY score): | -0.166 | 
  
    | Charge at pH 7 (predicted): | -9.79 | 
  
    | Protein Sequence: | >PA5243
MSFTPANRAYPYTRLRRNRRDDFSRRLVRENVLTVDDLILPVFVLDGVNQRESIPSMPGVERLSIDQLLIEAEEWVALGIPALALFPVTPVEKKSLDAAEAYNPEGIAQRATRALRERFPELGIITDVALDPFTTHGQDGILDDDGYVLNDVSIDVLVRQALSHAEAGAQVVAPSDMMDGRIGAIREALESAGHTNVRIMAYSAKYASAYYGPFRDAVGSASNLGKGNKATYQMDPANSDEALHEVAADLAEGADMVMVKPGMPYLDIVRRVKDEFRAPTFVYQVSGEYAMHMGAIQNGWLAESVILESLTAFKRAGADGILTYFAKQAAEQLRRGR | 
  
    | References | 
  
    | External Links: |  | 
  
    | General Reference: | PaperBLAST - Find papers about PA5243 and its homologs |