Concept information
Preferred term
Ornithine Decarboxylase
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Carboxy-lyase, Ornithine
- Ornithine Carboxy lyase
- Ornithine Carboxy-lyase
Scope note
- A pyridoxal-phosphate protein, believed to be the rate-limiting compound in the biosynthesis of polyamines. It catalyzes the decarboxylation of ornithine to form putrescine, which is then linked to a propylamine moiety of decarboxylated S-adenosylmethionine to form spermidine.
History note
- 84(75); was see under CARBOXY-LYASES 1975-83
In other languages
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Finnish
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009955
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