Ferrochelatase; a mitochondrial inner membrane protein, catalyzes insertion of ferrous iron into protoporphyrin IX, the eighth and final step in the heme biosynthetic pathway; human homolog FECH can complement yeast mutant and allow growth of haploid null after sporulation of a heterozygous diploid [Source:SGD;Acc:S000005702]
Chromosome XV: 662,401-663,582 forward strand.
R64-1-1:BK006948.2
This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant) and 357 orthologues.