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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Genet Metab. 2018 Dec 24;128(3):204–212. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2018.12.007

Table 1.

Summary of zebrafish mutants related to heme -iron metabolism

Genes Mutant Name or Morpholino Knockdown Potential Human Disease References
ALAS2 sauternes (sau) Congenital Sideroblastic Anemia (CSA) [74]
ALAD Alad−/− ALA dehydratase deficient porphyria (ADP) [76]
CPOX Cpox−/− Hereditary coproporphyria (HCP) [76]
UROD yquem (yqe) Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) / hepato-erythropoietic porphyria (HEP) [77]
PPOX montalcino (mno) Human variegate porphyria [78]
FECH Freixenet (frx) / dracula (drc) Erythropoietic protoporphyria [4] [78]
GRX5 shiraz (sir) Sideroblastic anemia [80] [81]
MFRN1 frascati (frs) Erythropoietic protoporphyria [27]
DMT-1 chardonnay (cdy) Hypochromic microcytic anemia [85] [86]
FPN1 weissherbst (wei) Iron-deficient anemia [87] [88]
TF gavi congenital hypotransferrinemia [90]
TFR1 chianti (cia) hypochromic anemia [92]
HRG1 hrg1a;hrg1b (CRISPR) unknown [73]
FLVCR Morpholino Knockdown Heme toxicity [96]