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B6db families: 4.1.1.22.b

4.1.1.22 b
Activity 4.1.1.22
Description Histidine decarboxylase (family b)
Notes Family entirely composed of metazoan enzymes, very closely related to DOPA decarboxylases (EC 4.1.1.28).

These sequences are generally over 600 aa long; however, in mammalian cells, mature histidine decarboxylase is approximately 512 aa long, due to a C-terminal truncation.

PLP Fold Type I
PLP-dependent Domain
Domain alignment
Domain hmm
Fold type I

Number of sequences 11
Sequences in seed alignment
MetazoaDCHS_HUMAN (Homo sapiens); EAA14857 (Anopheles gambiae str. PEST); XP_392129 (Apis mellifera); XP_789367 (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus); AAP34326 (Aplysia californica); DCHS_DROME (Drosophila melanogaster); DCHS_MOUSE (Mus musculus); XP_413833 (Gallus gallus); XP_001603214 (Nasonia vitripennis); NP_001096063 (Danio rerio); DCHS_RAT (Rattus norvegicus);

DISPLAY: Fasta format, alignment, hmm, hmm_local


Reference sequence DCHS_HUMAN
Domain interval 36-414
Catalytic site 305 K
 
References
 Moya-Garcia AA, Medina MA, Sánchez-Jiménez F. (2005) Mammalian histidine decarboxylase: from structure to function Bioessays 27 57-63.

 Rodriguez-Caso, C.; Rodriguez-Agudo, D.; Moya-Garcia, A.A., Fajardo, I.; Medina, M.A.; Subramaniam, V.; Sanchez-Jimenez, F. (2003) Local changes in the catalytic site of mammalian histidine decarboxylase can affect its global conformation and stability Eur J Biochem 270 4376-87.

 Yatsunami, K.; Tsuchikawa, M.; Kamada, M.; Hori, K.; Higuchi, T. (1995) Comparative studies of human recombinant 74- and 54-kDa L-histidine decarboxylases J Biol Chem 270 30813-7.

 Martin, S. A.; Bulfield, G. (1984) A structural gene (Hdc-s) for mouse kidney histidine decarboxylase Biochem Genet 22 645-56.

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