Radioisotope tracer experiments showed that the porphyrin(卟啉) ring of the heme groups in mammals are made from 8 Gly and 8 succinyl-COA (Glu in plants and bacteria). Deficiency of enzymes leading to heme biosynthesis cause diseases called porphyrias (The degradation of heme yields bilirubin, a linear tetrapyrrole derivative, and the typical pigments found