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Literature summary for 4.1.1.28 extracted from

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

Activating Compound

Activating Compound Comment Organism Structure
Benzene stimulates Cavia porcellus
chloroform stimulates Cavia porcellus

Inhibitors

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

KM Value [mM]

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

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Cavia porcellus
-
-
-

Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
-
Cavia porcellus

Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
kidney
-
Cavia porcellus
-

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

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

Storage Stability

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

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

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

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
9
-
-
Cavia porcellus