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UROD
Identifiers
Aliases	UROD, PCT, UPD, uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase
External IDs	OMIM: 613521; MGI: 98916; HomoloGene: 320; GeneCards: UROD; OMA:UROD - orthologs
Available structures
PDB	Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB
List of PDB id codes
	1JPH, 1JPI, 1JPK, 1R3Q, 1R3R, 1R3S, 1R3T, 1R3V, 1R3W, 1R3Y, 1URO, 2Q6Z, 2Q71, 3GVQ, 3GVR, 3GVV, 3GVW, 3GW0, 3GW3
Enzyme activity
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 1 (human)
End	45,015,575 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 4 (mouse)
End	116,851,610 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	trabecular bone; ; parotid gland; ; right adrenal gland; ; right adrenal cortex; ; parietal pleura; ; left adrenal cortex; ; endothelial cell; ; middle temporal gyrus; ; Brodmann area 23; ; bone marrow;
	Top expressed in
	fetal liver hematopoietic progenitor cell; ; internal carotid artery; ; endocardial cushion; ; human fetus; ; external carotid artery; ; facial motor nucleus; ; atrioventricular valve; ; Epithelium of choroid plexus; ; medullary collecting duct; ; renal corpuscle;
	More reference expression data
	; ;
	More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function	protein binding; lyase activity; uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase activity; carboxy-lyase activity;
Cellular component	nucleoplasm; cytoplasm; cytosol;
Biological process	protoporphyrinogen IX biosynthetic process; porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process; heme biosynthetic process; heme metabolic process;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	7389
	22275
	ENSG00000126088
	ENSMUSG00000028684
	P06132
	P70697
	NM_000374
	NM_009478
	NP_000365
	NP_033504
	Wikidata
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Uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase (uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase, or UROD) is an enzyme (EC 4.1.1.37) that in humans is encoded by the UROD gene.^[5]

Function

Uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase is a homodimeric enzyme (PDB: 1URO) that catalyzes the fifth step in heme biosynthesis, which corresponds to the elimination of carboxyl groups from the four acetate side chains of uroporphyrinogen III to yield coproporphyrinogen III:^[6]

uroporphyrinogen III

4 CO₂

Rightward reaction arrow with minor product(s) to top right

coproporphyrinogen III

Clinical significance

Mutations and deficiency in this enzyme are known to cause familial porphyria cutanea tarda and hepatoerythropoietic porphyria.^[5] At least 65 disease-causing mutations in this gene have been discovered.^[7]

Mechanism

At low substrate concentrations, the reaction is believed to follow an ordered route, with the sequential removal of CO₂ from the D, A, B, and C rings, whereas at higher substrate/enzyme levels a random route seems to be operative. The enzyme functions as a dimer in solution, and both the enzymes from human and tobacco have been crystallized and solved at good resolutions.

UroD is regarded as an unusual decarboxylase, since it performs decarboxylations without the intervention of any cofactors, unlike the vast majority of decarboxylases. Its mechanism has been proposed to proceed through substrate protonation by an arginine residue.^[8] A 2008 report demonstrated that the uncatalyzed rate for UroD's reaction is 10⁻¹⁹/s, so at pH 10 the rate acceleration of UroD relative to the uncatalyzed rate, i.e. catalytic proficiency, is the largest for any enzyme known, 6 × 10²⁴/M.^[6]

References

1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000126088 – Ensembl, May 2017
1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000028684 – Ensembl, May 2017
↑ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
1 2 "Entrez Gene: UROD uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase".
1 2 Lewis CA, Wolfenden R (November 2008). "Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylation as a benchmark for the catalytic proficiency of enzymes". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 105 (45): 17328–33. Bibcode:2008PNAS..10517328L. doi:10.1073/pnas.0809838105. PMC 2582308. PMID 18988736.
↑ Šimčíková D, Heneberg P (December 2019). "Refinement of evolutionary medicine predictions based on clinical evidence for the manifestations of Mendelian diseases". Scientific Reports. 9 (1) 18577. Bibcode:2019NatSR...918577S. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-54976-4. PMC 6901466. PMID 31819097.
↑ Silva PJ, Ramos MJ (2005). "Density-functional study of mechanisms for the cofactor-free decarboxylation performed by uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase". J Phys Chem B. 109 (38): 18195–200. doi:10.1021/jp051792s. PMID 16853337.

Elder GH, Lee GB, Tovey JA (1978). "Decreased activity of hepatic uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase in sporadic porphyria cutanea tarda". N. Engl. J. Med. 299 (6): 274–8. doi:10.1056/NEJM197808102990603. PMID 661926.
de Verneuil H, Bourgeois F, de Rooij F, et al. (1992). "Characterization of a new mutation (R292G) and a deletion at the human uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase locus in two patients with hepatoerythropoietic porphyria". Hum. Genet. 89 (5): 548–52. doi:10.1007/bf00219182. hdl:1765/58484. PMID 1634232. S2CID 31811381.
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Garey JR, Harrison LM, Franklin KF, et al. (1990). "Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase: a splice site mutation causes the deletion of exon 6 in multiple families with porphyria cutanea tarda". J. Clin. Invest. 86 (5): 1416–22. doi:10.1172/JCI114856. PMC 296884. PMID 2243121.
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Dubart A, Mattei MG, Raich N, et al. (1986). "Assignment of human uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (URO-D) to the p34 band of chromosome 1". Hum. Genet. 73 (3): 277–9. doi:10.1007/BF00401245. PMID 3460962. S2CID 34478515.
Romana M, Dubart A, Beaupain D, et al. (1987). "Structure of the gene for human uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase". Nucleic Acids Res. 15 (18): 7343–56. doi:10.1093/nar/15.18.7343. PMC 306252. PMID 3658695.
de Verneuil H, Grandchamp B, Beaumont C, et al. (1986). "Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase structural mutant (Gly281----Glu) in a case of porphyria". Science. 234 (4777): 732–4. Bibcode:1986Sci...234..732D. doi:10.1126/science.3775362. PMID 3775362.
Roberts AG, Elder GH, De Salamanca RE, et al. (1995). "A mutation (G281E) of the human uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase gene causes both hepatoerythropoietic porphyria and overt familial porphyria cutanea tarda: biochemical and genetic studies on Spanish patients". J. Invest. Dermatol. 104 (4): 500–2. doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12605953. PMID 7706766.
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Meguro K, Fujita H, Ishida N, et al. (1994). "Molecular defects of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase in a patient with mild hepatoerythropoietic porphyria". J. Invest. Dermatol. 102 (5): 681–5. doi:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12374134. PMID 8176248.
Moran-Jimenez MJ, Ged C, Romana M, et al. (1996). "Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase: complete human gene sequence and molecular study of three families with hepatoerythropoietic porphyria". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 58 (4): 712–21. PMC 1914669. PMID 8644733.
McManus JF, Begley CG, Sassa S, Ratnaike S (1996). "Five new mutations in the uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase gene identified in families with cutaneous porphyria". Blood. 88 (9): 3589–600. doi:10.1182/blood.V88.9.3589.bloodjournal8893589. PMID 8896428.
Suzuki Y, Yoshitomo-Nakagawa K, Maruyama K, et al. (1997). "Construction and characterization of a full length-enriched and a 5'-end-enriched cDNA library". Gene. 200 (1–2): 149–56. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00411-3. PMID 9373149.
Whitby FG, Phillips JD, Kushner JP, Hill CP (1998). "Crystal structure of human uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase". EMBO J. 17 (9): 2463–71. doi:10.1093/emboj/17.9.2463. PMC 1170588. PMID 9564029.
Mendez M, Sorkin L, Rossetti MV, et al. (1998). "Familial porphyria cutanea tarda: characterization of seven novel uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase mutations and frequency of common hemochromatosis alleles". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 63 (5): 1363–75. doi:10.1086/302119. PMC 1377546. PMID 9792863.
Wang H, Long Q, Marty SD, et al. (1998). "A zebrafish model for hepatoerythropoietic porphyria". Nat. Genet. 20 (3): 239–43. doi:10.1038/3041. PMID 9806541. S2CID 28379777.
McManus JF, Begley CG, Sassa S, Ratnaike S (1999). "Three new mutations in the uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase gene in familial porphyria cutanea tarda. Mutation in brief no. 237. Online". Hum. Mutat. 13 (5): 412–413. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1999)13:5<412::AID-HUMU13>3.0.CO;2-N. PMID 10338097.
Christiansen L, Ged C, Hombrados I, et al. (1999). "Screening for mutations in the uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase gene using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis. Identification and characterization of six novel mutations associated with familial PCT". Hum. Mutat. 14 (3): 222–32. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1999)14:3<222::AID-HUMU5>3.0.CO;2-V. PMID 10477430. S2CID 245442.

External links

Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: P06132 (Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase) at the PDBe-KB.

Heme synthesis—note that some reactions occur in the cytoplasm and some in the mitochondrion (yellow)

[refGRCh38Ensembl-1] 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000126088 – Ensembl, May 2017

[refGRCm38Ensembl-2] 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000028684 – Ensembl, May 2017

[3] "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[4] "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[entrez-5] 1 2 "Entrez Gene: UROD uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase".

[pmid18988736-6] 1 2 Lewis CA, Wolfenden R (November 2008). "Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylation as a benchmark for the catalytic proficiency of enzymes". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 105 (45): 17328–33. Bibcode:2008PNAS..10517328L. doi:10.1073/pnas.0809838105. PMC 2582308. PMID 18988736.

[Šimčíková_2019_-_supplementary_table_S7-7] Šimčíková D, Heneberg P (December 2019). "Refinement of evolutionary medicine predictions based on clinical evidence for the manifestations of Mendelian diseases". Scientific Reports. 9 (1) 18577. Bibcode:2019NatSR...918577S. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-54976-4. PMC 6901466. PMID 31819097.

[8] Silva PJ, Ramos MJ (2005). "Density-functional study of mechanisms for the cofactor-free decarboxylation performed by uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase". J Phys Chem B. 109 (38): 18195–200. doi:10.1021/jp051792s. PMID 16853337.

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v t e Carbon–carbon lyases (EC 4.1)
4.1.1: Carboxy-lyases	Acetoacetate decarboxylase Adenosylmethionine decarboxylase Arginine decarboxylase Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase Glutamate decarboxylase Histidine decarboxylase Lysine decarboxylase Malonyl-CoA decarboxylase Ornithine decarboxylase Oxaloacetate decarboxylase Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase Phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxylase Pyrophosphomevalonate decarboxylase Pyruvate decarboxylase RuBisCO Uridine monophosphate synthase/Orotidine 5'-phosphate decarboxylase Uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase
4.1.2: Aldehyde-lyases	Fructose-bisphosphate aldolase Aldolase A Aldolase B Aldolase C 2-hydroxyphytanoyl-CoA lyase Threonine aldolase
4.1.3: Oxo-acid-lyases	Isocitrate lyase 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA lyase
4.1.99: Other	Tryptophanase Photolyase CPD lyase Spore photoproduct lyase

v t e Enzymes
Activity	Active site Binding site Catalytic triad Oxyanion hole Enzyme promiscuity Diffusion-limited enzyme Cofactor Enzyme catalysis
Regulation	Allosteric regulation Cooperativity Enzyme inhibitor Enzyme activator
Classification	EC number Enzyme superfamily Enzyme family List of enzymes
Kinetics	Enzyme kinetics Eadie–Hofstee diagram Hanes–Woolf plot Lineweaver–Burk plot Michaelis–Menten kinetics
Types	EC1 Oxidoreductases (list) EC2 Transferases (list) EC3 Hydrolases (list) EC4 Lyases (list) EC5 Isomerases (list) EC6 Ligases (list) EC7 Translocases (list)

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