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Uroporphyrinogen
Uroporphyrinogens
are
cyclic
tetrapyrroles
with four
propionic acid
groups
and four
acetic acid
groups.
There are four forms, which
vary
based upon the
arrangements
of the "P" and
"A"
groups :
In the
"I"
variety
, the order
repeats
four times: AP-AP-AP-AP.
In the "III" variety, the
fourth
is reversed: AP-AP-AP-PA.
:This is the most common form. In the
synthesis
of
porphyrin
, it is created from the
linear
tetrapyrrole
hydroxymethylbilane
by the
enzyme
uroporphyrinogen III synthase
, and is further
converted
into
coproporphyrinogen III
by the enzyme
uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase
.
The "II" and "IV"
varieties
can be created synthetically, but do not
appear
in
nature
.