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Designing a Western blot for Porphobilinogen deaminase? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the HMBS Western Blot GuideFacts about Porphobilinogen deaminase.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | HMBS |
| Uniprot: | P08397 |
| Entrez: | 3145 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| HMBS family |

hydroxymethylbilane synthasePre-uroporphyrinogen synthase; PBGDPBG-D; PORC; porphobilinogen deaminase; porphyria, acute; Chester type; UPSEC 2.5.1.61; uroporphyrinogen I synthase; uroporphyrinogen I synthetase
Mass (kDA):
39.33 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 11q23.3 |
| Sequence: | 11; NC_000011.10 (119084864..119093549) |
Isoform 1 is ubiquitously expressed. Isoform 2 is found only in erythroid cells.
Cytoplasm.





PMID: 2875434 by Raich N., et al. Molecular cloning and complete primary sequence of human erythrocyte porphobilinogen deaminase.
PMID: 3816774 by Grandchamp B., et al. Tissue-specific expression of porphobilinogen deaminase. Two isoenzymes from a single gene.