Production and characterization of erythropoietic protoporphyric heterodimeric ferrochelatases

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Abstract

Mutations resulting in diminished activity of the dimeric enzyme ferrochelatase are a prerequisite for the inherited disorder erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP). Patients with clinical EPP have only 10% to 30% of normal levels of ferrochelatase activity, and although many patients with EPP have one mutant allele and one "low-expression" normal allele, the possibility remains that, for some, low ferrochelatase activity may result from an EPP mutation that has an impact on both subunits of the wild-type/mutant heterodimer. Here we present data for 12 ferrochelatase wild-type/EPP mutant heterodimers showing that some mutations result in heterodimers with the residual activity anticipated from individual constituents, whereas others result in heterodimers with significantly lower activity than would be predicted. Although the data do not allow an a priori prediction of heterodimeric residual activity based solely on the in vitro activity of EPP homodimers or the position of the mutated residue within ferrochelatase, mutations that affect the dimer interface or [2Fe-2S] cluster have a significantly greater impact on residual activity than would be predicted. These data suggest that some EPP mutations may result in clinically overt EPP in the absence of a low-expression, wild-type allele; this is of potential significance for genetic counseling of patients with EPP. © 2005 by The American Society of Hematology.

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Najahi-Missaoui, W., & Dailey, H. A. (2005). Production and characterization of erythropoietic protoporphyric heterodimeric ferrochelatases. Blood, 106(3), 1098–1104. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2004-12-4661

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