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Literature summary for 4.1.1.19 extracted from

  • Regunathan, S.; Reis, D.J.
    Characterization of arginine decarboxylase in rat brain and liver: distinction from ornithine decarboxylase (2000), J. Neurochem., 74, 2201-2208.
    View publication on PubMed

General Stability

General Stability Organism
freeze-thawing or lyophilization completely inactivates Rattus norvegicus

Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
Ca2+ IC50: 0.8 mM Rattus norvegicus
Co2+
-
Rattus norvegicus
additional information no inhibition by DL-alpha-difluoromethylornithine Rattus norvegicus

KM Value [mM]

KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
0.75
-
L-Arg pH 8.0, 30°C Rattus norvegicus

Localization

Localization Comment Organism GeneOntology No. Textmining
mitochondrial membrane most activity is associated with Rattus norvegicus 31966
-
additional information no activity in cytosol Rattus norvegicus
-
-

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Rattus norvegicus
-
-
-

Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
adrenal gland about 5% of the activity in aorta Rattus norvegicus
-
aorta highest activity of all tissues tested Rattus norvegicus
-
brain about 40% of the activity in aorta Rattus norvegicus
-
intestine about 40% of the activity in aorta Rattus norvegicus
-
kidney about 85% of the activity in aorta Rattus norvegicus
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liver about 75% of the activity in aorta Rattus norvegicus
-
stomach about 60% of the activity in aorta Rattus norvegicus
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testis about 15% of the activity in aorta Rattus norvegicus
-

Storage Stability

Storage Stability Organism
4°C, 50% loss of activity after overnight storage of membrane suspension Rattus norvegicus

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
L-arginine
-
Rattus norvegicus agmatine + CO2
-
?
L-Orn
-
Rattus norvegicus Putrescine + CO2
-
?

Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
ADC
-
Rattus norvegicus

Temperature Optimum [°C]

Temperature Optimum [°C] Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
25
-
-
Rattus norvegicus

Temperature Stability [°C]

Temperature Stability Minimum [°C] Temperature Stability Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
20
-
4 h, 80% loss of activity in mitochondrial/synaptosomal membranes of brain Rattus norvegicus

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
8.3
-
-
Rattus norvegicus

IC50 Value

IC50 Value IC50 Value Maximum Comment Organism Inhibitor Structure
0.8
-
IC50: 0.8 mM Rattus norvegicus Ca2+