Main Reaction: glycine + succinyl-CoA >> 5-aminolaevulinic acid (ALA)

Reference: PubMed ID: 9799118
Authors: Porra RJ, Urzinger M, Winkler J, Bubenzer C, Scheer H
Title: Biosynthesis of the 3-acetyl and 13(1)-oxo groups of bacteriochlorophyll a in the facultative aerobic bacterium, Rhodovulum sulfidophilum--the presence of both oxygenase and hydratase pathways for isocyclic ring formation.
Published: 1998 Oct 1

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