DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Literature associating UROS and hypochromic anemia

UROS [ENSP00000357787]

Uroporphyrinogen-III synthase; Catalyzes cyclization of the linear tetrapyrrole, hydroxymethylbilane, to the macrocyclic uroporphyrinogen III, the branch point for the various sub-pathways leading to the wide diversity of porphyrins. Porphyrins act as cofactors for a multitude of enzymes that perform a variety of processes within the cell such as methionine synthesis (vitamin B12) or oxygen transport (heme).

Synonyms:  UROS,  A0A087WUV7,  A0A087WZB7,  A0A087X021,  A0A0S2Z4T8 ...

Linkouts:  STRING  Pharos  UniProt