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Literature summary extracted from

  • Lovenberg, W.
    Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (guinea pig kidney) (1971), Methods Enzymol., 17B, 652-656.
No PubMed abstract available

Activating Compound

EC Number Activating Compound Comment Organism Structure
4.1.1.28 Benzene stimulates Cavia porcellus
4.1.1.28 chloroform stimulates Cavia porcellus

Inhibitors

EC Number Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
4.1.1.28 alpha-Methyl-5-hydroxytryptophan
-
Cavia porcellus
4.1.1.28 DL-alpha-Monofluoromethyl-beta-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)alanine
-
Cavia porcellus
4.1.1.28 PCMB
-
Cavia porcellus
4.1.1.28 Semicarbazide
-
Cavia porcellus

KM Value [mM]

EC Number KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
4.1.1.28 0.02
-
5-hydroxytryptophan
-
Cavia porcellus
4.1.1.28 0.4
-
3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine
-
Cavia porcellus
4.1.1.28 3
-
Trp
-
Cavia porcellus
4.1.1.28 13
-
Tyr
-
Cavia porcellus
4.1.1.28 20
-
Phe
-
Cavia porcellus
4.1.1.28 22
-
His
-
Cavia porcellus

Organism

EC Number Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
4.1.1.28 Cavia porcellus
-
-
-

Purification (Commentary)

EC Number Purification (Comment) Organism
4.1.1.28
-
Cavia porcellus

Source Tissue

EC Number Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
4.1.1.28 kidney
-
Cavia porcellus
-

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

EC Number Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
4.1.1.28 35.95
-
-
Cavia porcellus

Storage Stability

EC Number Storage Stability Organism
4.1.1.28 4°C, 40% loss of activity after 10 days Cavia porcellus

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

EC Number Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
4.1.1.28 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine
-
Cavia porcellus 3-Hydroxytyramine + CO2
-
?
4.1.1.28 5-Hydroxytryptophan
-
Cavia porcellus Serotonin + CO2
-
?
4.1.1.28 His
-
Cavia porcellus ?
-
?
4.1.1.28 L-Phe
-
Cavia porcellus phenylethylamine + CO2
-
?
4.1.1.28 L-Trp
-
Cavia porcellus Tryptamine + CO2
-
?
4.1.1.28 m-Tyr
-
Cavia porcellus ?
-
?
4.1.1.28 additional information no significant activity towards aliphatic amino acids Cavia porcellus ?
-
?
4.1.1.28 o-Tyr
-
Cavia porcellus ?
-
?
4.1.1.28 Tyr
-
Cavia porcellus ?
-
?

pH Optimum

EC Number pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
4.1.1.28 9
-
-
Cavia porcellus