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Tbio
ALAD
Delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase

Protein Summary
Description
Catalyzes an early step in the biosynthesis of tetrapyrroles. Binds two molecules of 5-aminolevulinate per subunit, each at a distinct site, and catalyzes their condensation to form porphobilinogen. The ALAD enzyme is composed of 8 identical subunits and catalyzes the condensation of 2 molecules of delta-aminolevulinate to form porphobilinogen (a precursor of heme, cytochromes and other hemoproteins). ALAD catalyzes the second step in the porphyrin and heme biosynthetic pathway; zinc is essential for enzymatic activity. ALAD enzymatic activity is inhibited by lead and a defect in the ALAD structural gene can cause increased sensitivity to lead poisoning and acute hepatic porphyria. Alternative splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2015]
Uniprot Accession IDs
Gene Name
Ensembl ID
  • ENST00000409155
  • ENSP00000386284
  • ENSG00000148218

Symbol
  • PBGS
  • ALADH
Illumination Graph
Knowledge Table
Most Knowledge About
Knowledge Value (0 to 1 scale)
disease perturbation
0.93
chemical
0.89
transcription factor binding site profile
0.86
virus perturbation
0.72
kinase perturbation
0.71


IDG Development Level Summary
Tdark

These are targets about which virtually nothing is known. They do not have known drug or small molecule activities
- AND - satisfy two or more of the following criteria:

Pubmed score: 1229.37   (req: < 5)
Gene RIFs: 72   (req: <= 3)
Antibodies: 225   (req: <= 50)
Tbio

These targets do not have known drug or small molecule activities
- AND - satisfy two or more of the following criteria:

Pubmed score: 1229.37   (req: >= 5)
Gene RIFs: 72   (req: > 3)
Antibodies: 225   (req: > 50)

- OR - satisfy the following criterion:

Gene Ontology Terms: 34
Tchem

Target has at least one ChEMBL compound with an activity cutoff of < 30 nM - AND - satisfies the preceding conditions

Active Ligand: 0
Tclin

Target has at least one approved drug - AND - satisfies the preceding conditions

Active Drug: 0