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. 1979 Nov 1;183(2):455–458. doi: 10.1042/bj1830455

Decarboxylation of porphyrinogens by rat liver uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase.

A G Smith, J E Francis
PMCID: PMC1161576  PMID: 534506

Abstract

The decarboxylations of uroporphyrinogens I and III and of heptacarboxylic, hexacarboxylic and pentacarboxylic porphyrinogens III by rat liver uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase were compared, and the results suggest that the removal of the first carboxy group from uroporphyrinogen III is a more rapid step than that from isomer I or the other substrates investigated.

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