5-aminolevulinic acid

What it touches on the way

What the reference databases state

• MAM00630m+proton→5-aminolevulinic acid+carbon dioxide

  Catalysed by ALAS1 or ALAS2 or CPNE7

  Reaction pageLeft to rightBalancedEC 2.3.1.37GO:0005759

  Human-GEM MAR04657CC BY 4.0Reference data

• glycine+proton+CHEBI:15380→5-aminolevulinic acid+carbon dioxide+CHEBI:1146900

  Catalysed by ALAS1 or ALAS2 or CPNE7

  Reaction pageLeft to rightBalancedEC 2.3.1.37GO:0005759

  Human-GEM MAR04742CC BY 4.0Reference data

• 5-aminolevulinic acid⇌5-aminolevulinic acid

  Reaction pageReversibleBalancedGO:0005829, GO:0005759

  Human-GEM MAR04743CC BY 4.0Reference data

• 25-aminolevulinic acid→proton+2water+porphobilinogen

  Catalysed by ALAD

  Reaction pageLeft to rightBalancedEC 4.2.1.24GO:0005829

  Human-GEM MAR04744CC BY 4.0Reference data

• 5-aminolevulinic acid+2proton⇌5-aminolevulinic acid+2proton

  Transported by SLC15A1

  Reaction pageReversibleBalancedEC 3.1.1.4GO:0005829, GO:0005615

  Human-GEM MAR09985CC BY 4.0Reference data

• 5-aminolevulinic acid⇌

  Reaction pageReversibleBalance undeterminableGO:0005615

  Human-GEM MAR10428CC BY 4.0Reference data

• 5-aminolevulinic acid+proton→5-aminolevulinic acid+proton

  Transported by SLC15A1 or SLC36A1

  Reaction pageLeft to rightBalancedGO:0005615, GO:0005829

  Human-GEM MAR11307CC BY 4.0Reference data

Where it reaches

1 system, 1 region, 2 tissues, 4 transporter routes — routes, not measurements: transporters known to carry 5-aminolevulinic acid are expressed there, and no source reports it arriving.

Resolves to: 5-aminolevulinic acid

Also called

5-ALA5-Amino-4-oxopentanoate5-Amino-4-oxovaleric acid5-Aminolevulinateaminolevulinic aciddALAdelta-ALAdelta-aminolevulinic acidδ-ALAδ-aminolevulinic acid

Systematic name

5-amino-4-oxopentanoic acid