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The mechanisms controlling the activity of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) are complex and only partly understood. This study shows that ODC can exist as two different aggregation states, that differ in catalytic activity, the dimeric form being active and the monomeric form inactive. While L-ornithine shifts the association-dissociation equilibrium to the dimeric form, salts produce an opposite effect leading to subunit dissociation. alpha-DFMO, an enzyme-activated irreversible inhibitor of ODC, does not react with the monomeric form and therefore the influence of substrate and salts on the aggregation equilibrium must be taken into account in titration experiments with alpha-DFMO of the total amount of ODC in tissue preparations.
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