Aminolevulinate dehydratase; a homo-octameric enzyme, catalyzes the conversion of 5-aminolevulinate to porphobilinogen, the second step in heme biosynthesis; enzymatic activity is zinc-dependent; localizes to the cytoplasm and nucleus; human homolog ALAD can complement yeast hem2 mutant [Source:SGD;Acc:S000003008]

OLE4, SLU1

Chromosome VII: 419,527-420,555 reverse strand.

R64-1-1:BK006941.2

This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant), 232 orthologues and is a member of 2 Ensembl protein families.

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