Alas1 (1G11) Recombinant Antibody

This gene encodes the mitochondrial enzyme which is catalyzes the rate-limiting step in heme (iron-protoporphyrin) biosynthesis. The enzyme encoded by this gene is the housekeeping enzyme; a separate gene encodes a form of the enzyme that is specific for erythroid tissue. The level of the mature encoded protein is regulated by heme: high levels of heme down-regulate the mature enzyme in mitochondria while low heme levels up-regulate. A pseudogene of this gene is located on chromosome 12. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2015]

5-aminolevulinate synthase, nonspecific, mitochondrial; ALAS1; 5-aminolevulinic acid synthase 1; Delta-ALA synthase 1; Delta-aminolevulinate synthase 1; ALAS1; ALAS3; ALASH; OK/SW-cl.121