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Heme ligase

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Heme ligase
Identifiers
EC no.4.99.1.8
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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:

2 ferriprotoporphyrin IX beta-hematin

This heme detoxifying enzyme is found in Plasmodium parasites.

References

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  1. ^ Jani D, Nagarkatti R, Beatty W, Angel R, Slebodnick C, Andersen J, Kumar S, Rathore D (April 2008). "HDP-a novel heme detoxification protein from the malaria parasite". PLOS Pathogens. 4 (4): e1000053. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000053. PMC 2291572. PMID 18437218.
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