Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase

Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (DOPA decarboxylase)
Ribbon diagram of a DOPA decarboxylase dimer.[1]
Identifiers
EC no.4.1.1.28
CAS no.9042-64-2
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DOPA decarboxylase (aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase)
Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase homodimer, Human
Identifiers
SymbolDDC
NCBI gene1644
HGNC2719
OMIM107930
RefSeqNM_000790
UniProtP20711
Other data
EC number4.1.1.28
LocusChr. 7 p11
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Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC or AAAD), also known as DOPA decarboxylase (DDC), tryptophan decarboxylase, and 5-hydroxytryptophan decarboxylase, is a lyase enzyme (EC 4.1.1.28), located in region 7p12.2-p12.1.

  1. ^ PDB: 1JS3​; Burkhard P, Dominici P, Borri-Voltattorni C, Jansonius JN, Malashkevich VN (November 2001). "Structural insight into Parkinson's disease treatment from drug-inhibited DOPA decarboxylase". Nature Structural Biology. 8 (11): 963–7. doi:10.1038/nsb1101-963. PMID 11685243. S2CID 19160912.