"Ornithine Decarboxylase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A pyridoxal-phosphate protein, believed to be the rate-limiting compound in the biosynthesis of polyamines. It catalyzes the decarboxylation of ornithine to form putrescine, which is then linked to a propylamine moiety of decarboxylated S-adenosylmethionine to form spermidine.
| Descriptor ID |
D009955
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.520.224.125.425
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| Concept/Terms |
Ornithine Decarboxylase- Ornithine Decarboxylase
- Decarboxylase, Ornithine
- Ornithine Carboxy-lyase
- Carboxy-lyase, Ornithine
- Ornithine Carboxy lyase
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