ornithine decarboxylase 1

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Function

  • amine & polyamine biosynthesis
  • putrescine biosynthesis via L-ornithine pathway
  • putrescine from L-ornithine: step 1/1
L-ornithine <--> putrescine + CO2

Cofactor: pyridoxal phosphate

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References

  1. Auvinen eta al Nature 360:355 1992
  2. Rogers S et al, Amino acids common to rapidly degraded proteins: The PEST hypothesis Science 234:364 1986 (1/2life) PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2876518
  3. Wikipedia, ornithine decarboxylase entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ornithine_decarboxylase
  4. UniProt http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P11926.html

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