FECH - ferrochelatase Gene

Homo sapiens

Also known as EPP; FCE; EPP1

Gene ID: 2235 | Gene type: protein coding

About FECH

Cytogenetic location: 18q21.31 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38): 18:57,544,377-57,586,702 (from NCBI)

This gene has 13 transcripts (splice variants), 197 orthologues and is associated with 2 phenotypes. Broad expression in bone marrow (RPKM 19.5), kidney (RPKM 8.4) and 24 other tissues.

Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is localized to the mitochondrion, where it catalyzes the insertion of the ferrous form of iron into protoporphyrin IX in the heme synthesis pathway. Mutations in this gene are associated with erythropoietic protoporphyria. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. A pseudogene of this gene is found on chromosome 3.[provided by RefSeq, May 2010]

FECH Products(5)

mRNA	Protein	Name
NM_000140.5	NP_000131.2	ferrochelatase, mitochondrial isoform b precursor
NM_001012515.4	NP_001012533.1	ferrochelatase, mitochondrial isoform a precursor
NM_001371094.1	NP_001358023.1	ferrochelatase, mitochondrial isoform c
NM_001371095.1	NP_001358024.1	ferrochelatase, mitochondrial isoform d
NM_001374778.1	NP_001361707.1	ferrochelatase, mitochondrial isoform e

FECH Protein Structure

Ferrochelatase

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423 a.a.

Protein Preferred Names

Protein Names

ferrochelatase, mitochondrial

heme synthase

Related Diseases

Diseases

Alias

Protoporphyria, Erythropoietic, 1

Erythropoietic Protoporphyria	Epp
Ferrochelatase Deficiency	Protoporphyria, Erythropoietic
Erythrohepatic Protoporphyria	Heme Synthetase Deficiency
Autosomal Erythropoietic Protoporphyria	EPP1
Protoporphyria	Protoporphyria Erythropoietic

Erythropoietic Protoporphyria, Autosomal Recessive

Acute Porphyria

Porphyrias, Hepatic	Hepatic Porphyria
Porphyria Hepatic	Acute Intermittent Porphyria

Porphyria

Hematoporphyria	Porphyrias
Disorder Of Porphyrin And Hem Metabolism	Disorder Of Porphyrin Metabolism
Porphyrinopathy	Porphyrin Disorder
Disorder Of Porphyrin And Heme Metabolism	Disorders Of Porphyrin Metabolism

Photoparoxysmal Response 1

Photosensitivity Disease	Photodermatitis
Photosensitivity Disorders	PPR1
Ppr	Photosensitivity
Photoconvulsive Reaction	Epilepsy, Photogenic
Photosensitivity Of Skin	Dermatitis, Phototoxic

Coproporphyria, Hereditary

Hereditary Coproporphyria	Coproporphyria
Coproporphyrinogen Oxidase Deficiency	HCP
Cpo Deficiency	Cpox Deficiency
Cpx Deficiency	Hereditary Coproporphyria Porphyria
Cpro Deficiency	Coproporphyria Hereditary
Porphyria Hepatica Ii	Porphyria Hepatica Coproporphyria
Porphyria, Hereditary Coproporphyria	Harderoporphyria

Porphyria Cutanea Tarda

Hepatoerythropoietic Porphyria	HEP
Uroporphyrinogen Decarboxylase Deficiency	Pct
Pct, Type Ii	Porphyria, Hepatocutaneous Type
Urod Deficiency	Porphyria, Hepatoerythropoietic
Porphyria Cutanea Tarda, Susceptibility To	Familial Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
Porphyria Cutanea Tarda, Type Ii	Pct, 'Familial' Type
Porphyria, Hepatic	FPCT
Pct Type Ii	Porphyria Cutanea Tarda Type Ii
Porphyria Hepatocutaneous Type	Heterozygous Uroporphyrinogen Decarboxylase Deficiency
Urod - [Uroporphyrinogen Decarboxylase] Deficiency	Pct - [Porphyria Cutanea Tarda]

Porphyria, Acute Intermittent

Acute Intermittent Porphyria	Porphobilinogen Deaminase Deficiency
Pbgd Deficiency	AIP
Porphyria, Swedish Type	Uroporphyrinogen Synthase Deficiency
Ups Deficiency	Porphyria, Acute Intermittent, Nonerythroid Variant
Hydroxymethylbilane Synthase Deficiency	Aip - Acute Intermittent Porphyria
Porphyria Intermittent Acute	Pyrroloporphyria
Hmbs Deficiency	Porphyria Acute Intermittent

Variegate Porphyria

Porphyria Variegata	Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase Deficiency
VP	Ppox Deficiency
Porphyria, South African Type	Porphyria Variegata, Susceptibility To
Protocoproporphyria	Porphyria Variegate
Porphyria South African Type	Pv
Porphyria, Variegate	Vp - [Variegate Porphyria]

Erythroleukemia

X-Linked Protoporphyria

Porphyria, Congenital Erythropoietic

Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria	Gunther Disease
CEP	Uros Deficiency
Günther Disease	Uroporphyrinogen Iii Synthase Deficiency
Congenital Porphyria	Uroporphyrinogen Iii Synthase, Deficiency Of
Porphyria, Erythropoietic, Congenital	Porphyria, Erythropoietic
Deficiency Of Uroporphyrinogen Iii Synthase

Anemia, Sideroblastic, 1

Xlsa	X-Linked Sideroblastic Anemia
Hypochromic Anemia	Anh1
Hereditary Iron-Loading Anemia	Anemia, Sideroblastic, X-Linked
Anemia, Hereditary Sideroblastic	Erythroid 5-Aminolevulinate Synthase Deficiency
Hereditary Sideroblastic Anemia	SIDBA1
Anemia, Hypochromic	Sideroblastic Anemia 1
Anemia Hypochromic	X Chromosome-Linked Sideroblastic Anemia
Sideroblastic Anaemia 1	X-Linked Sideroblastic Anaemia
Anemia Hereditary Sideroblastic	Anemia Sex-Linked Hypochromic Sideroblastic
Congenital Sideroblastic Anemia	Sideroblastic Anemia X-Linked
Anemia, Sex-Linked Hypochromic Sideroblastic	Congenital Sideroblastic Anaemia
X-Linked Pyridoxine-Responsive Sideroblastic Anemia	Anemia Congenital Sideroblastic
Anemia, Sideroblastic, Type 1	Sex-Linked Hypochromic Sideroblastic Anaemia
Autosomal Recessive Sideroblastic Anaemia	Familial Sex Linked Hypochromic Anaemia

Liver Disease

Liver Failure	Liver Diseases
Abnormality Of The Liver	Liver Dysfunction
Disorder Of Liver	Hepatic Disorder
Hepatic Disease	Disease Of Bilirubin Metabolism
Disorder Of Bilirubin Metabolism	Liver Decompensation
Liver Function Failure	Hepatic Failure Nos
Liver Failure Nos	End Stage Liver Disease
Decompensated Liver Failure	Decompensation Of Liver Function
Hepatic Decompensation	Hepatic Insufficiency
Liver Cell Necrosis With Hepatic Failure	Liver Insufficiency
Decompensated Liver Disease	End Stage Liver Failure
Liver Necrosis With Hepatic Failure

Cutaneous Porphyria

Porphyria, Erythropoietic

Erythropoietic Porphyria

Friedreich Ataxia

Friedreich Ataxia 1	FRDA
Friedreich Ataxia With Retained Reflexes	Frda1
Fa	Friedreich'S Ataxia
Hereditary Spinal Ataxia	Fa1
Friedreich'S Tabes	Hereditary Spinal Sclerosis
Spinocerebellar Ataxia, Friedreich	Friedreich Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Friedrich'S Ataxia

Sideroblastic Anemia

Anemia Sideroblastic	Anemia, Sideroblastic
Anemia, Hypochromic With Iron Loading

Anemia, Sideroblastic, And Spinocerebellar Ataxia

X-Linked Sideroblastic Anemia With Ataxia	ASAT
X-Linked Sideroblastic Anemia And Ataxia	X-Linked Sideroblastic Anemia And Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Anemia, Sideroblastic, With Ataxia	Anemia Sideroblastic And Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Pagon Bird Detter Syndrome	Pagon-Bird-Detter Syndrome
Xlsa-A	X-Linked Sideroblastic Anaemia And Ataxia
X-Linked Sideroblastic Anaemia With Ataxia	Sideroblastic Anemia With Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Xlsa/A	Anemia, Sideroblastic, Spinocerebellar Ataxia
Sideroblastic Anemia And Ataxia	Anemia Sideroblastic, And Spinocerebellar Ataxia

Iron Deficiency Anemia

Iron-Deficiency Anemia	Fe Deficiency Anaemia
Ida - [Iron Deficiency Anemia]	Fe - [Iron] Deficiency Anemia Nos

Spastic Paraplegia 38, Autosomal Dominant

SPG38	Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia 38
Autosomal Dominant Spastic Paraplegia Type 38	Autosomal Dominant Spastic Paraplegia 38

Hemochromatosis, Type 1

Hemochromatosis	Hemochromatosis Type 1
Hereditary Hemochromatosis	Hh
HFE1	Hfe Hemochromatosis, Modifier Of
Symptomatic Form Of Classic Hemochromatosis	Symptomatic Form Of Hemochromatosis Type 1
Symptomatic Form Of Hfe-Related Hereditary Hemochromatosis	Haemochromatosis
Iron Storage Disorder	Bronze Diabetes
Hereditary Haemochromatosis	Hlah
Hfe	Hemochromatosis, Hereditary
Diabetes Bronze	Classic Hemochromatosis
Hfe-Associated Hereditary Hemochromatosis	Hemochromatosis Classic
Bronzed Cirrhosis	Familial Hemochromatosis
Genetic Hemochromatosis	Hc
Pigmentary Cirrhosis	Primary Hemochromatosis
Troisier-Hanot-Chauffard Syndrome	Von Recklenhausen-Applebaum Disease
Hemochromatosis 1	Primary Hereditary Hemochromatosis
Bronze Cirrhosis

Borst-Jadassohn Intraepidermal Carcinoma

Intraepidermal Epithelioma Of Jadassohn

Bowen'S Disease, Clonal

Microcytic Anemia

Iron-Refractory Iron Deficiency Anemia

Deficiency Anemia

Anemia	Deficiency Anemias
Anaemia

Proliferative Vasculopathy And Hydranencephaly-Hydrocephaly Syndrome

Fowler Syndrome	Encephaloclastic Proliferative Vasculopathy
Hydrocephaly/Hydranencephaly Due To Cerebral Vasculopathy	PVHH
Epv	Cerebral Proliferative Glomeruloid Vasculopathy
Hydranencephaly, Fowler Type	Proliferative Vasculopathy And Hydranencephaly/Hydrocephaly
Fowler'S Syndrome	Fowler Christmas Chapple Syndrome
Fowler Vasculopathy	Polycystic Ovaries Urethral Sphincter Dysfunction
Voiding Dysfunction And Polycystic Ovaries	Fowler Vasculopaty
Hydranencephaly Fowler Type	Pgv
Polycystic Ovaries-Urethral Sphincter Dysfunction Syndrome

Acute Erythroid Leukemia

Acute Erythroleukemia	Di Guglielmo'S Syndrome
Aml M6	Acute Myeloid Leukemia Fab-M6
Acute Myeloid Leukemia M6	Erythroleukemia
Aml-M6	Acute Erythroleukemia M6a Subtype
Acute Erythroleukemia M6b Subtype	Di Guglielmo Syndrome
Acute Myeloid Leukemia, M6 Type	Acute Erythroblastic Leukemia
Acute Erythroleukemia - M6a Subtype	Acute Erythroleukemia - M6b Subtype
Acute Erythraemia And Erythroleukaemia	Acute Erythroid Leukaemia Without Mention Of Remission
Erythraemia	Erythraemic Myelosis
Erythroleukaemia	Acute Erythraemic Myelosis
Acute Erythraemia

Actinic Keratosis

Solar Keratosis	Actinic Keratosis
Senile Hyperkeratosis	Sk - Solar Keratosis
Keratosis, Actinic	Seborrheic Keratosis
Ak - [Actinic Keratosis]	Sk - [Solar Keratosis]

Aplastic Anemia

Aplastic Anemia, Susceptibility To	Anemia Aplastic
Idiopathic Aplastic Anemia	Secondary Aplastic Anemia
Idiopathic Bone Marrow Failure	Aplastic Anemia Idiopathic
AA	Anemia, Aplastic
Aplastic Anemia, Idiopathic	Erythroid Aplasia
Aa - [Aplastic Anaemia]	Haematopoietic Aplasia
Aleukia Haemorrhagica	Anaemia Due To Decreased Red Cell Production
Aplasia Bone Marrow	Aplastic Bone Marrow
Hypoplastic Anaemia Nos	Myeloid Bone Marrow Aplasia
Pancytopenia	Panhaematopenia
Hypoproliferative Anaemia	Medullary Hypoplasia
Red Blood Cells Hypoplastic Anaemia	Panmyelophthisis
Panhemocytopenia	Refractive Hypoproliferative Anaemia
Toxic Anaemia	Toxic Aplastic Anaemia
Aplastic Anaemia Due To Toxic Cause	Idiopathic Aplastic Anaemia Nos

Diseases	Alias
Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia	Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia Macroglobulinemia Of Waldenstrom Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma With Igm Gammopathy Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia Macroglobulinemia Of Waldenstrom Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma With Igm Gammopathy Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

Cat. No.	Product Name	Effect	Purity	Rare Diseases
HY-RS04857	FECH Human Pre-designed siRNA Set A		/	Unkown

Orthologs Information

Species	Symbol	Source	ID
Macaca mulatta	FECH	VGNC	VGNC:72633
Rattus norvegicus	FECH	RGD	RGD:1307556
Felis catus	FECH	VGNC	VGNC:62223
Mus musculus	FECH	MGD	MGI:95513
Canis familiaris	FECH	VGNC	VGNC:40815
Bos taurus	FECH	VGNC	VGNC:28943