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Ornithine decarboxylase from Leishmania mexicana promastigotes: interaction with pyridoxal 5'-phosphate and alpha-difluoromethylornithine. 1995

C P Sánchez, and C Sidrauski, and S M Freire, and N S González, and I D Algranati
Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas "Fundación Campomar", University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The catalytic properties of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) from Leishmania mexicana as well as the interaction with its cofactor pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) and the irreversible inhibitor alpha-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) have been studied using partially purified preparations of the enzyme obtained from parasite promastigotes. Leishmania extracts prepared in the presence of saturating concentrations of PLP yielded an enzyme considerably more resistant to heat inactivation and with a three-fold higher activity than the ODC obtained without the addition of cofactor. The complete removal of PLP by treatment with hydroxylamine yielded the apoenzyme which shows an absolute requirement for PLP to recover its enzymatic activity. The Km values for L-ornithine and PLP were 0.7 mM and 25 microM, respectively, while Ki for DFMO was 0.2 mM. The restoration of ODC activity from apoenzyme and cofactor seems to involve time and temperature-dependent activation processes. L. mexicana ODC has an apparent molecular mass of 240 +/- 20 kDa.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007894 Leishmania mexicana A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects man and animals including rodents. The Leishmania mexicana complex causes both cutaneous (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) and diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, DIFFUSE CUTANEOUS) and includes the subspecies amazonensis, garnhami, mexicana, pifanoi, and venezuelensis. L. m. mexicana causes chiclero ulcer, a form of cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) in the New World. The sandfly, Lutzomyia, appears to be the vector. Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana,Leishmania mexicana amazonensis,Leishmania mexicana mexicana,Leishmania leishmania mexicana,Leishmania leishmania mexicanas,Leishmania mexicana amazonenses,Leishmania mexicana mexicanas,Leishmania mexicanas,amazonenses, Leishmania mexicana,amazonensis, Leishmania mexicana,leishmania mexicana, Leishmania,mexicana amazonensis, Leishmania,mexicana mexicana, Leishmania,mexicana mexicanas, Leishmania,mexicana, Leishmania,mexicana, Leishmania leishmania,mexicana, Leishmania mexicana,mexicanas, Leishmania leishmania
D008970 Molecular Weight The sum of the weight of all the atoms in a molecule. Molecular Weights,Weight, Molecular,Weights, Molecular
D009955 Ornithine Decarboxylase 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. Ornithine Carboxy-lyase,Carboxy-lyase, Ornithine,Decarboxylase, Ornithine,Ornithine Carboxy lyase
D011732 Pyridoxal Phosphate This is the active form of VITAMIN B 6 serving as a coenzyme for synthesis of amino acids, neurotransmitters (serotonin, norepinephrine), sphingolipids, aminolevulinic acid. During transamination of amino acids, pyridoxal phosphate is transiently converted into pyridoxamine phosphate (PYRIDOXAMINE). Pyridoxal 5-Phosphate,Pyridoxal-P,Phosphate, Pyridoxal,Pyridoxal 5 Phosphate,Pyridoxal P
D002384 Catalysis The facilitation of a chemical reaction by material (catalyst) that is not consumed by the reaction. Catalyses
D002850 Chromatography, Gel Chromatography on non-ionic gels without regard to the mechanism of solute discrimination. Chromatography, Exclusion,Chromatography, Gel Permeation,Chromatography, Molecular Sieve,Gel Filtration,Gel Filtration Chromatography,Chromatography, Size Exclusion,Exclusion Chromatography,Gel Chromatography,Gel Permeation Chromatography,Molecular Sieve Chromatography,Chromatography, Gel Filtration,Exclusion Chromatography, Size,Filtration Chromatography, Gel,Filtration, Gel,Sieve Chromatography, Molecular,Size Exclusion Chromatography
D004789 Enzyme Activation Conversion of an inactive form of an enzyme to one possessing metabolic activity. It includes 1, activation by ions (activators); 2, activation by cofactors (coenzymes); and 3, conversion of an enzyme precursor (proenzyme or zymogen) to an active enzyme. Activation, Enzyme,Activations, Enzyme,Enzyme Activations
D004793 Enzyme Reactivators Compounds which restore enzymatic activity by removing an inhibitory group bound to the reactive site of the enzyme. Reactivators, Enzyme
D006358 Hot Temperature Presence of warmth or heat or a temperature notably higher than an accustomed norm. Heat,Hot Temperatures,Temperature, Hot,Temperatures, Hot
D006898 Hydroxylamines Organic compounds that contain the (-NH2OH) radical.

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