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]

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

This transcript has 1 exon, is annotated with 27 domains and features, is associated with 10 variant alleles and maps to 29 oligo probes.

This transcript is a product of gene YGL040C Show transcript tableHide transcript table