Literature summary extracted from

Leung, Y.K.; Ho, J.W.
Purification and properties of ferrochelatase from Chironomidae larvae (2001), Mol. Cell. Biochem., 220, 161-167.

Metals/Ions

EC Number	Metals/Ions	Comment	Organism	Structure
4.98.1.1	Fe2+	in ration 1:1 with heme protein	Chironomidae

Molecular Weight [Da]

EC Number	Molecular Weight [Da]	Molecular Weight Maximum [Da]	Comment	Organism
4.98.1.1	42700	-	2 * 42700, SDS-PAGE	Chironomidae
4.98.1.1	86000	-	gel filtration	Chironomidae

Organism

EC Number	Organism	UniProt	Comment	Textmining
4.98.1.1	Chironomidae	-	-	-

Purification (Commentary)

EC Number	Purification (Comment)	Organism
4.98.1.1	-	Chironomidae

Source Tissue

EC Number	Source Tissue	Comment	Organism	Textmining
4.98.1.1	larva	-	Chironomidae	-

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

EC Number	Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg]	Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg]	Comment	Organism
4.98.1.1	15.2	-	pH 8.0, 37°C	Chironomidae

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

EC Number	Substrates	Comment Substrates	Organism	Products	Comment (Products)	Rev.	Reac.
4.98.1.1	protoporphyrin + Fe2+	-	Chironomidae	protoheme + 2 H+	-	?

Subunits

EC Number	Subunits	Comment	Organism
4.98.1.1	dimer	2 * 42700, SDS-PAGE	Chironomidae
4.98.1.1	More	N-terminal amino acid sequence	Chironomidae

Temperature Optimum [°C]

EC Number	Temperature Optimum [°C]	Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C]	Comment	Organism
4.98.1.1	37	-	-	Chironomidae

pH Optimum

EC Number	pH Optimum Minimum	pH Optimum Maximum	Comment	Organism
4.98.1.1	7.8	-	-	Chironomidae

pI Value

EC Number	Organism	Comment	pI Value Maximum	pI Value
4.98.1.1	Chironomidae	isoelectric focusing	-	7.35

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Release 2023.1 (January 2023)