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delta-aminolevulinate; 5-aminolevulinic acid; aminolevulinic acid (ALA)
A precursor of porphobilinogen. It is formed from condensation of glycine & succinyl CoA catalyzed by delta-aminolevulinate synthase.
Interactions
molecular events
Related
aminolevulinic acid [ALA] synthetase
delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) in body fluid
glycine
heme synthesis
porphobilinogen
succinyl coenzyme A
General
amine
bioagent
carboxylate
intermediary metabolite
Properties
COMPARTMENT: mitochondrial matrix
Database Correlations
PUBCHEM correlations