Canadian Journal of Chemistry

The Stereochemistry of the Enzymic Decarboxylation of l-Arginine and of l-Ornithine

JC Richards, ID Spenser

Index: Richards, James C.; Spenser, Ian D. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 1982 , vol. 60, p. 2810 - 2820

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Citation Number: 16

Abstract

The decarboxylation of l-ornithine to yield putrescine, catalyzed by the l-ornithine decarboxylase (EC 4.1. 1.17) of E. coli, and the decarboxylation of l-arginine to yield agmatine, catalyzed by the l-arginine decarboxylase (EC 4.1. 1.19) of E. coli, take place with