Cloning and Characterization of Human Agmatinase
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Arginine decarboxylase (ADC) and agmatinase are part of an operon in Escherichia coli, which constitutes the primary pathway of polyamine synthesis from arginine. This pathway is also known to exist in plants, but until recently, neither agmatine nor ADC, the enzyme that synthesizes it, nor agmatinase the enzyme that is responsible for conversion of agmatine to putrescine, were known to exist in man or other mammals. We describe here the cloning of the agmatinase gene and the tissue distribution of its transcription product. Human agmatinase contains 352 amino acid residues and has a calculated molecular weight of 37,688 kDa. It has 56% similarity to E. coli agmatinase and 42% similarity to human arginases I and II and shares highly conserved substrate-binding domains with these well-characterized enzymes.
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eRegulons depend on nutritional status (AGMAT, MLXIPL), hormone levels (NR1I2, NR1I3, RXRA), and circadian rhythm (CLOCK).
“This enabled us to identify eRegulons that depend on nutritional status, such as AGMAT30 and MLXIPL31; on hormone levels, such as NR1I2, NR1I3 and RXRA32; and on circadian rhythm, such as CLOCK33.”
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Regulons that depend on nutritional status include Agmat and Mlxipl; on hormone levels include Nr1i2, Nr1i3 and Rxra; and on circadian rhythm include Clock.
“This allowed us to identify regulons that depend on nutritional status, such as Agmat52 and Mlxipl53; on hormone levels, such as Nr1i2, Nr1i3 and Rxra54; and on circadian rhythm, such as Clock55.”
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- Authors
- Iyer, R. K., Kim, H. K., Tsoa, R. W., Grody, W. W., & Cederbaum, S. D.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Corresponding author
- Iyer, Ramaswamy K.
- Venue
- Molecular Genetics and Metabolism
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2002-03
- Volume
- 75
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 209-218
- ISSN
- 1096-7192 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2021093204
- Cited by
- 97
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Molecular Genetics and Metabolism (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD-04612, HD-06576, P01HD006576, HD 36415, R01HD036415, P30HD004612)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Polyamine Metabolism and Applications
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biochemistry › Amino Acid Enzymes and Metabolism
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Clinical Biochemistry › Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
- Keywords
- agmatinase, polyamine biosynthesis, arginine decarboxylase, agmatine, putrescine, arginine metabolism, tissue distribution, substrate-binding domain, arginase-1, arginase II, sequence homology
- MeSH terms
- Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, Cloning, Molecular, Escherichia coli, Female, Humans, Male, Molecular Sequence Data, Recombinant Proteins, RNA, Messenger, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Urea, Ureohydrolases, Blotting, Northern, Gene Expression, Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, Sequence Alignment, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Sequence Analysis, DNA, DNA, Complementary, Mice
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