5-aminolevulinate synthase activity

Term ID

GO:0003870

Synonyms

• 5-aminolevulinate synthetase activity
• 5-aminolevulinic acid synthase activity
• 5-aminolevulinic acid synthetase activity
• ALA synthase activity
• ALA synthetase activity
• ALAS activity
• alpha-aminolevulinic acid synthase activity
• aminolevulinate synthase activity
• aminolevulinate synthetase activity
• aminolevulinic acid synthase activity
• aminolevulinic acid synthetase activity
• aminolevulinic synthetase activity
• delta-ALA synthetase activity
• delta-aminolevulinate synthase activity
• delta-aminolevulinate synthetase activity
• delta-aminolevulinic acid synthase activity
• delta-aminolevulinic acid synthetase activity
• delta-aminolevulinic synthetase activity
• succinyl-CoA:glycine C-succinyltransferase (decarboxylating)

Definition

Catalysis of the reaction: glycine + H+ + succinyl-CoA = 5-aminolevulinate + CO2 + CoA. 2.3.1.37

References

• EC:2.3.1.37
• KEGG_REACTION:R00830
• MetaCyc:5-AMINOLEVULINIC-ACID-SYNTHASE-RXN
• RHEA:12921
• Reactome:R-HSA-189442

Ontology

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