ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE

Specialty Definition: ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE

Domain	Definition
Health	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. EC 4.1.1.17. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Ornithine decarboxylase

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The enzyme ornithine decarboxylase (PDB 7odc, E.C. 4.1.1.17) is a homodimer of 461 amino acids (in humans, at least) that catalyzes the decarboxylation of ornithine producing, as a result, diamine putrescine. This is the first step and the rate limiting step in humans for the production of polyamines, compounds required for cell division.

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Crosswords: ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE

Specialty definitions using "ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE": Eflornithine. (references)

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Synonym: ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE

Synonym by domain: decarboxylase (medicine).

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
ornithine decarboxylase	5
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Modern Translation: ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE

Language		Translations for "ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		ornitin-decarboxylase. (various references)

Dutch		ornithinedecarboxylase. (various references)

French		ornithine-décarboxylase. (various references)

German		Ornithin-Dekarboxylase. (various references)

Greek		αποκαρβοξυλάση της ορνιθίνης. (various references)

Italian		ornitina decarbossilasi. (various references)

Pig Latin		ornithineay ecarboxylaseday

Portuguese		ornitina-descarboxilase. (various references)

Spanish		ornitindescarborxilasa. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.