Biology:Heme ligase

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Heme ligase
Identifiers
EC number4.99.1.8
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Heme ligase (EC 4.99.1.8, heme detoxification protein, HDP, hemozoin synthase) is an enzyme with systematic name Fe3+:ferriprotoporphyrin IX ligase (β-hematin-forming).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following reaction:

2 ferriprotoporphyrin IX [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] beta-hematin

This heme detoxifying enzyme is found in Plasmodium parasites.

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