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Literature summary for 4.1.1.19 extracted from

  • Winer, L.; Vinkler, C.; Apelbaum, A.
    Partial purification and characterization of arginine decarboxylase from avocado fruit, a thermostable enzyme (1984), Plant Physiol., 76, 233-237.
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Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
Cu2+ 1 mM, 25% inhibition. 5 mM, 94% inhibition Persea americana
Fluorescein isothiocyanate 0.09 mM, 40% inhibition Persea americana
NEM 3 mM, 65% inhibition Persea americana
Orn
-
 Persea americana
phosphate
-
 Persea americana
spermine 1 mM, 5% inhibition of the enzyme from fully developed fruit, 65% inhibition of the enzyme from the seed coat of 4-week-old fruitlets Persea americana

KM Value [mM]

KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
1.85
-
 L-Arg enzyme from seed coat of 4-week-old fruitlets Persea americana
2.85
-
 L-Arg enzyme from fully developed fruit Persea americana

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
L-Arg Persea americana key enzyme in polyamine metabolism of plants ?
-
 ?

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Persea americana
-
-
-

Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
-
 Persea americana

Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
fruit
-
 Persea americana
-
seed coat of both 4-week-old avocado fruitlet and fully developed fruit Persea americana
-

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
0.0023
-
-
 Persea americana

Storage Stability

Storage Stability Organism
-20°C, about 30% loss of activity after 60 d Persea americana

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
L-Arg key enzyme in polyamine metabolism of plants Persea americana ?
-
 ?
L-arginine
-
 Persea americana agmatine + CO2
-
 ?

Temperature Optimum [°C]

Temperature Optimum [°C] Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
60
-
 2fold increase in activity after preincubation at 55°C for 10 min Persea americana

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
8 9 at 60°C Persea americana

pH Range

pH Minimum pH Maximum Comment Organism
7 11 pH 7: about 25% of maximal activity, pH 11: 80% of maximal activity Persea americana