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Literature summary for 4.1.1.17 extracted from

  • Arteaga-Nieto, P.; Villagomez-Castro, J.C.; Calvo-Mendez, C.; Lopez-Romero, E.
    Partial purification and characterization of ornithine decarboxylase from Entamoeba histolytica (1996), Int. J. Parasitol., 26, 253-260.
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General Stability

General Stability Organism
lability increases during purification Entamoeba histolytica

Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
1,3-diaminopropane
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Entamoeba histolytica
1,4-Diamino-2-butanone
-
Entamoeba histolytica
putrescine
-
Entamoeba histolytica
spermidine
-
Entamoeba histolytica
spermine
-
Entamoeba histolytica

Molecular Weight [Da]

Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
211000
-
gel filtration Entamoeba histolytica

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
L-Orn Entamoeba histolytica key enzyme in polyamine metabolism ?
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?

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Entamoeba histolytica
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-
-

Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
partial Entamoeba histolytica

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
additional information
-
-
Entamoeba histolytica

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
L-Orn
-
Entamoeba histolytica Putrescine + CO2
-
?
L-Orn key enzyme in polyamine metabolism Entamoeba histolytica ?
-
?

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
8.5 9
-
Entamoeba histolytica

pH Range

pH Minimum pH Maximum Comment Organism
8 9.5 pH 8.0: about 50% of maximal activity, pH 9.5: about 73% of maximal activity Entamoeba histolytica