142896-53-5Relevant articles and documents
Assessment of the Active-Site Requirements of 5-Aminolaevulinic Acid Dehydratase: Evaluation of Substrate and Product Analogues as Competitive Inhibitors
Lueoend, Rainer M.,Walker, Josef,Neier, Reinhard W.
, p. 5005 - 5013 (2007/10/02)
The enzyme 5-aminolaevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) is resonsible for the synthesis of porphobilinogen (PBG) from two molecules of 5-aminolaevulinic acid (ALA).Porphobilinogen is an important committed intermediate in the biosynthesis of tetrapyrroles.Th