Gene
Entrez ID Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
3145
Gene name Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
Hydroxymethylbilane synthase
Gene symbol Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
HMBS
Synonyms (NCBI Gene) Gene synonyms aliases
ENCEP, LENCEP, PBG-D, PBGD, PORC, UPS
Disease Acronyms (UniProt) Disease acronyms from UniProt database
ENCEP, LENCEP
Chromosome Chromosome number
11
Chromosome location Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
11q23.3
Summary Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
This gene encodes a member of the hydroxymethylbilane synthase superfamily. The encoded protein is the third enzyme of the heme biosynthetic pathway and catalyzes the head to tail condensation of four porphobilinogen molecules into the linear hydroxymethy
SNPs SNP information provided by dbSNP.
SNP ID Visualize variation Clinical significance Consequence
rs34413634 C>T Likely-pathogenic Coding sequence variant, missense variant
rs118204094 C>T Pathogenic Coding sequence variant, missense variant
rs118204095 G>A,T Likely-pathogenic, pathogenic Coding sequence variant, missense variant
rs118204096 G>A Pathogenic Coding sequence variant, missense variant
rs118204097 C>T Pathogenic Coding sequence variant, stop gained
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT050301 hsa-miR-25-3p CLASH 23622248
MIRT1048861 hsa-miR-181a CLIP-seq
MIRT1048862 hsa-miR-181b CLIP-seq
MIRT1048863 hsa-miR-181c CLIP-seq
MIRT1048864 hsa-miR-181d CLIP-seq
Gene ontology (GO) Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0004418 Function Hydroxymethylbilane synthase activity IBA 21873635
GO:0004418 Function Hydroxymethylbilane synthase activity IDA 18004775
GO:0005515 Function Protein binding IPI 32296183, 32814053
GO:0005737 Component Cytoplasm IBA 21873635
GO:0005829 Component Cytosol TAS
Other IDs Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
609806 4982 ENSG00000256269
Protein
UniProt ID P08397
Protein name Porphobilinogen deaminase (PBG-D) (EC 2.5.1.61) (Hydroxymethylbilane synthase) (HMBS) (Pre-uroporphyrinogen synthase)
Protein function As part of the heme biosynthetic pathway, catalyzes the sequential polymerization of four molecules of porphobilinogen to form hydroxymethylbilane, also known as preuroporphyrinogen (PubMed:18004775, PubMed:18936296, PubMed:19138865, PubMed:2381
PDB 3ECR , 3EQ1 , 5M6R , 5M7F , 7AAJ , 7AAK , 7CCX , 7CCY , 7CCZ , 7CD0 , 8PND
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF01379 Porphobil_deam 21 233 Porphobilinogen deaminase, dipyromethane cofactor binding domain Domain
PF03900 Porphobil_deamC 244 322 Porphobilinogen deaminase, C-terminal domain Domain
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: [Isoform 1]: Is ubiquitously expressed. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:3422427}.; TISSUE SPECIFICITY: [Isoform 2]: Is found only in erythroid cells. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:3422427}.
Sequence
Sequence length 361
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG   Reactome
  Porphyrin metabolism
Metabolic pathways
Biosynthesis of cofactors
  Heme biosynthesis
Associated diseases Disease information provided by ClinVar, GenCC, and GWAS databases.
Causal
Disease term Disease name dbSNP ID References
Hyperlipidemia Hyperlipidemia rs118204057, rs118204060, rs118204062, rs1563569634, rs118204069, rs118204070, rs118204071, rs1566946168, rs1064797075
Hypertension Hypertensive disease rs13306026
Intermittent porphyria Acute intermittent porphyria rs118204103, rs118204094, rs118204095, rs118204096, rs118204097, rs118204098, rs118204099, rs1565758825, rs118204100, rs118204104, rs118204105, rs118204101, rs1565754285, rs1565754296, rs1565754452
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16211556, 1496994, 10453740, 10782018, 8270256, 8401516, 14970743, 11857754, 8081367, 12372055, 12773194, 10657149, 6132132, 7962538, 19138865
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Porphyria Porphyria, Acute Intermittent, Nonerythroid Variant rs1565750784, rs1592212904
Unknown
Disease term Disease name Evidence References Source
Mental depression Depressive disorder ClinVar
Diabetes Diabetes GWAS
Coronary Heart Disease Coronary Heart Disease GWAS
Associations from Text Mining
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Alzheimer Disease Associate 19477221
Carcinogenesis Associate 35636578
Carcinoma Hepatocellular Associate 19036168, 23811755, 35636578
Carcinoma Pancreatic Ductal Associate 36409970
Coproporphyria Hereditary Associate 19460837, 31073229
Emanuel syndrome Associate 1824246
Genetic Diseases Inborn Associate 17298217
Hepatitis C Associate 27193023
Heredodegenerative Disorders Nervous System Associate 37729906
Homocystinuria Associate 6940198