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Patients with erythropoietic porphyria (Gunther's disease) are known to have photoesthetic skin, red urine. In the ultraviolet light their teeth exhibit bright red fluorescence. This disease is associated with deficiency of the following enzyme:

Answer options

  1. Ferrochelatase
  2. Uroporphyrinogen-I-synthase
  3. Uroporphyrinogen-III-cosynthase
  4. Delta-aminolevulinate synthase
  5. Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase
Correct answer

Uroporphyrinogen-III-cosynthase

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