Mechanistic basis for suicide inactivation of porphobilinogen synthase by 4,7-dioxosebacic acid, an inhibitor that shows dramatic species selectivity.
Kervinen, J., Jaffe, E.K., Stauffer, F., Neier, R., Wlodawer, A., Zdanov, A.(2001) Biochemistry 40: 8227-8236
- PubMed: 11444968 
- PubMed Abstract: 
4,7-Dioxosebacic acid (4,7-DOSA) is an active site-directed irreversible inhibitor of porphobilinogen synthase (PBGS). PBGS catalyzes the first common step in the biosynthesis of the tetrapyrrole cofactors such as heme, vitamin B(12), and chlorophyll ...