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Heme ligase 
Summary
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:
| Heme ligase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 4.99.1.8 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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- 2 ferriprotoporphyrin IX beta-hematin
This heme detoxifying enzyme is found in Plasmodium parasites.
References edit
External links edit
- Heme+ligase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
