speA
168
arginine decarboxylase, required for biofilm formation
Locus
BSU_14630
Molecular weight
53.42 kDa
Isoelectric point
5.08
Function
spermidine, polyamine biosynthesis
Product
arginine decarboxylase
Essential
no
E.C.
4.1.1.19
Synonyms
speA, cad
Outlinks
Genomic Context
Categories containing this gene/protein
List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG1982 (Galperin et al., 2021)
This gene is a member of the following regulons
Gene
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
H+ + L-arginine --> agmatine + CO2 (according to UniProt)
Protein family
Orn/Lys/Arg decarboxylase class-I family (together with YaaO) (according to UniProt)
PLP (according to UniProt)
Structure
2X3L (PDB) (from Staphylococcus aureus, 28% identity) PubMed
Paralogous protein(s)
cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)
Expression and Regulation
Operons
Biological materials
Mutant
References
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