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.
Synonyms: Decarboxylase, Ornithine, L-Ornithine carboxy-lyase, Ornithine Carboxy lyase, Ornithine Carboxy-lyase, Ornithine Decarboxylase, Carboxy-lyase, Ornithine, EC 4.1.1.17
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84; was see under CARBOXY-LYASES 1975-83 ,84(75); was see under CARBOXY-LYASES 1975-83
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D009955
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