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. 1959 Dec;73(4):679–690. doi: 10.1042/bj0730679

The biosynthesis of porphyrins from porphobilinogen by Rhodopseudomonas spheroides. 2. The partial purification and some properties of porphobilinogen deaminase and uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase*

D S Hoare 1,†, H Heath 1
PMCID: PMC1197120  PMID: 14402127

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