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Accession
GO:0008792
Name
arginine decarboxylase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
L-arginine carboxy-lyase (agmatine-forming), L-arginine carboxy-lyase activity, SpeA
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: L-arginine + H+ = agmatine + CO2. Source: RHEA:17641, EC:4.1.1.19
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0008792 at QuickGO
Chem. react.
has participant carbon dioxide
has participant agmatinium(2+)
has participant hydron
has participant L-argininium(1+)
Subset
None
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Parents of arginine decarboxylase activity (GO:0008792)
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arginine decarboxylase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  carbon dioxide (CHEBI:16526)
arginine decarboxylase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  agmatinium(2+) (CHEBI:58145)
arginine decarboxylase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  hydron (CHEBI:15378)
arginine decarboxylase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  L-argininium(1+) (CHEBI:32682)
arginine decarboxylase activity [is_a relation] is_a  carboxy-lyase activity (GO:0016831)

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EC
4.1.1.19
KEGG_REACTION
R00566
MetaCyc
ARGDECARBOX-RXN
Reactome
R-HSA-350598
RHEA
17641