Abstract
Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is characterized biochemically by excessive hepatic synthesis and urinary excretion of uroporphyrin I. Clinical evidence has implicated iron in the pathogenesis of PCT. The synthesis of the normally occurring isomer of uroporphyrin, namely uroporphyrin III, from porphobilinogen (PBG) requires two enzymes; uroporphyrinogen I synthetase and uroporphyrinogen III cosynthetase (COSYN). In the absence of COSYN only uroporphyrinogen I is formed.
Authors
J. P. Kushner, G. R. Lee, S. Nacht
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