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Evidence is presented from 13C n.m.r. spectroscopic studies which indicates that the enzymic transformation of porphobilinogen into uroporphyrinogens I and III occurs through a transient free intermediate, pre-uroporphyrinogen, produced by porphobilinogen deaminase (uroporphyrinogen I synthetase).
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Burton et al. (1979) studied this question.
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