D-Aminolevulinic acid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
D-Aminolevulinic acid is the first compound in the porphyrin synthesis pathway, the pathway that leads to hemoglobin in mammals and chlorophyll in plants.Aminolevulinic Acid Solution Facts and Comparisons at Drugs.com
The rate-limiting enzyme in porphyrin and heme biosynthesis is ALA synthase, the enzyme (EC 2.3.1.37) that catalyses the condensation of glycine and succinyl-CoA into D-Aminolevulinic acid. In humans, transcription of ALA synthase is tightly controlled by the presence...