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UROD uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase

Gene ID: 7389, updated on 10-Dec-2024
Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: PCT; UPD

Summary

This gene encodes an enzyme in the heme biosynthetic pathway. This enzyme is responsible for catalyzing the conversion of uroporphyrinogen to coproporphyrinogen through the removal of four carboxymethyl side chains. Mutations and deficiency in this enzyme are known to cause familial porphyria cutanea tarda and hepatoerythropoetic porphyria.[provided by RefSeq, Aug 2010]

Copy number response

Description
Copy number response
Triplosensitivity

No evidence available (Last evaluated 2024-10-04)

ClinGen Genome Curation Page
Haploinsufficency

Some evidence for dosage pathogenicity (Last evaluated 2024-10-04)

ClinGen Genome Curation PagePubMed

Genomic context

Location:
1p34.1
Sequence:
Chromosome: 1; NC_000001.11 (45012254..45015575)
Total number of exons:
10

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