3c7c

Structural highlights

Function

OCDH_PECMA Catalyzes the reverse reaction of octopine dehydrogenation. Acts on L-arginine in preference to other substrates such as canavanine, cysteine, L-alanine, ornithine or norvaline, owing to the presence of the positively charged guanidium group.^{[1] [2]}

Evolutionary Conservation

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References

1. ↑ Muller A, Janssen F, Grieshaber MK. Putative reaction mechanism of heterologously expressed octopine dehydrogenase from the great scallop, Pecten maximus (L). FEBS J. 2007 Dec;274(24):6329-39. Epub 2007 Nov 19. PMID:18028427 doi:EJB6151
2. ↑ Smits SH, Mueller A, Schmitt L, Grieshaber MK. A structural basis for substrate selectivity and stereoselectivity in octopine dehydrogenase from Pecten maximus. J Mol Biol. 2008 Aug 1;381(1):200-11. Epub 2008 Jun 7. PMID:18599075 doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2008.06.003