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Protoporphyrin IX

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Protoporphyrin IX
Identifiers
CAS Number
ECHA InfoCard 100.008.213 Edit this at Wikidata
PubChem CID
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
Properties
Chemical formula C34H34N4O4
Molar mass 562.658 g/mol
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C , 100 kPa). checkverify (what is  ?) Infobox references
Chemical compound

In the metabolism of porphyrin, protoporphyrin IX is created by the enzyme protoporphyrinogen oxidase, and the enzyme ferrochelatase converts it into heme.

Heme synthesis - note that some reactions occur in the cytoplasm and some in the mitochondrion (yellow)

See also

Types of tetrapyrroles
Bilanes
(Linear)
Phytobilins
Phycobilins
Macrocycle
Corrinoids
Porphyrins
Protoporphyrins
Phytoporphyrins
Reduced
porphyrins
Porphyrinogens
Chlorins
Bacteriochlorins
Isobacteriochlorins
Corphins
Heme metabolic intermediates
Porphyrin biosynthesis
early mitochondrial:
cytosolic:
late mitochondrial:
Heme degradation
and excretion
Breakdown of heme
spleen:
blood:
liver:
Intestine, excretion in feces
Kidney, excretion in urine


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