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Literature summary for 4.1.1.17 extracted from

  • DiGangi, J.J.; Seyfzadeh, M.; Davis, R.H.
    Ornithine decarboxylase from Neurospora crassa. Purification, characterization, and regulation by inactivation (1987), J. Biol. Chem., 262, 7889-7893.
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Activating Compound

Activating Compound Comment Organism Structure
dithiothreitol increases activity Neurospora crassa

General Stability

General Stability Organism
dithiothreitol stabilizes Neurospora crassa

KM Value [mM]

KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
0.35
-
L-Orn
-
Neurospora crassa

Molecular Weight [Da]

Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
53000
-
2 * 53000, SDS-PAGE Neurospora crassa
110000
-
gel filtration Neurospora crassa

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
L-Orn Neurospora crassa highly regulated enzyme of the polyamine pathway ?
-
?

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Neurospora crassa
-
-
-

Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
-
Neurospora crassa

Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
mycelium
-
Neurospora crassa
-

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
43.5
-
-
Neurospora crassa

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
L-Orn
-
Neurospora crassa Putrescine + CO2
-
?
L-Orn highly regulated enzyme of the polyamine pathway Neurospora crassa ?
-
?

Subunits

Subunits Comment Organism
dimer 2 * 53000, SDS-PAGE Neurospora crassa

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
7.1
-
-
Neurospora crassa

Cofactor

Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
pyridoxal 5'-phosphate Km: 0.00016 mM Neurospora crassa