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Abstract
The essential features of hepatic protoporphyria, namely inhibition of ferrochelatase, accumulation of protoporphyrin and stimulation of 5-aminolevulinic acid synthase (ALA-S) were all obtained by treating chicken hepatocytes in culture with small doses of N-methylprotoporphyrin. Both N-methylprotoporphyrin and succinyl-acetone, another inhibitor of heme biosynthesis, stimulated ALA-S when given on their own and also enhanced the stimulation of ALA-S caused by phenobarbital.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6688226 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(83)80430-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124