Main Reaction: Glycine + Succinyl CoA >> 5-Aminolevulinic acid

Reference: PubMed ID: 8683398
Authors: Dietel W, Bolsen K, Dickson E, Fritsch C, Pottier R, Wendenburg R
Title: Formation of water-soluble porphyrins and protoporphyrin IX in 5-aminolevulinic-acid-incubated carcinoma cells.
Published: 1996 May

Glycine + Succinyl CoA --> 5-Aminolevulinic acid