이 유전자의 산물은 적혈구 특이 미토콘드리아에 위치한 효소를 명시한다.암호화된 단백질은 헤메 생합성 경로의 첫 번째 단계를 촉진한다.이 유전자의 결함은 X연계 피리독신 반응 시더블라스틱 빈혈의 원인이 된다.대안으로 서로 다른 ISO 양식을 인코딩하는 분할된 대본 변형이 식별되었다.[7]null
그것의 유전자는 철분 수치가 너무 낮으면 IRP가 결합하는 5'-UTR 영역에 IRE를 포함하고 있어, 따라서 그것의 번역을 억제한다.null
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