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ODC1
Introduction
Ornithine decarboxylase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ODC1 gene.
This gene encodes the rate-limiting enzyme of the polyamine biosynthesis pathway which catalyzes ornithine to putrescine. The activity level for the enzyme varies in response to growth-promoting stimuli and exhibits a high turnover rate in comparison to other mammalian proteins. Originally localized to both chromosomes 2 and 7, the gene encoding this enzyme has been determined to be located on 2p25, with a pseudogene located on 7q31-qter.[1]
Further reading
Further reading
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- Winqvist R, Mäkelä TP, Seppänen P, et al. (1986). “Human ornithine decarboxylase sequences map to chromosome regions 2pter—-p23 and 7cen—-qter but are not coamplified with the NMYC oncogene”. Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 42 (3): 133–40. doi:10.1159/000132266. PMID 3755388.
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