Medical Definition of Ornithine decarboxylase
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The enzyme that converts ornithine to putrescine (dibasic amine) by decarboxylation. Rate limiting in the synthesis of the polyamines spermidime and spermine that regulate DNA synthesis.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ornithine Decarboxylase
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