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{{Protein
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| Name = ornithine decarboxylase
| EC_number = 4.1.1.17
| CAS_number = 9024-60-6
| IUBMB_EC_number = 4/1/1/17
| GO_code = 0004586
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| width = 270
| caption = Ornithine decarboxylase dimer, Human
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   |RefSeq=NM_002539
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The enzyme '''ornithine decarboxylase''' (ODC) is a homodimer of 461 [[amino acid]]s (in humans, at least).
The enzyme '''ornithine decarboxylase''' (ODC) catalyzes the [[decarboxylation]] of [[ornithine]] (a product of the [[urea cycle]]) to form [[putrescine]]. This reaction is the [[committed step]] in [[polyamine]] synthesis.<ref name="pmid10378276">{{cite journal |vauthors=Kern AD, Oliveira MA, Coffino P, Hackert ML |title=Structure of mammalian ornithine decarboxylase at 1.6 A resolution: stereochemical implications of PLP-dependent amino acid decarboxylases |journal=Structure |volume=7 |issue=5 |pages=567–81 |date=May 1999 |pmid=10378276 |doi= 10.1016/S0969-2126(99)80073-2|url=}}</ref> In humans, this protein has 461 [[amino acid]]s and forms a [[homodimer]].
 
== Reaction mechanism ==
 
[[Lysine]] 69 on ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) binds the [[Cofactor (biochemistry)|cofactor]] [[pyridoxal phosphate]] to form a [[Schiff base]]. Ornithine displaces the lysine to form a Schiff base attached to orthonine, which decarboxylates to form a [[quinoid]] intermediate. This intermediate rearranges to form a Schiff base attached to [[putrescine]], which is attacked by [[lysine]] to release putrescine product and reform PLP-bound ODC.<ref name="pmid9398243">{{cite journal |vauthors=Brooks HB, Phillips MA |title=Characterization of the reaction mechanism for Trypanosoma brucei ornithine decarboxylase by multiwavelength stopped-flow spectroscopy |journal=Biochemistry |volume=36 |issue=49 |pages=15147–55 |date=December 1997 |pmid=9398243 |doi=10.1021/bi971652b |url=}}</ref>
 
[[Image:ornithine decarboxylase mechanism.png|900px|border|alt=ornithine decarboxylase mechanism|Hypothesized ornithine decarboxylase mechanism.]]
 
This is the first step and the rate-limiting step in humans for the production of [[polyamine]]s, compounds required for [[cell division]].
 
==Structure==
[[image:Ornithine Decarboxylase Publication View.png|270px|thumb|right|3D crystal structure of ornithine decarboxylase.<ref name="pmid10623504">{{PDB|1d7k}}; {{cite journal |vauthors=Almrud JJ, Oliveira MA, Kern AD, Grishin NV, Phillips MA, Hackert ML | title = Crystal structure of human ornithine decarboxylase at 2.1 A resolution: structural insights to antizyme binding | journal = J. Mol. Biol. | volume = 295 | issue = 1 | pages = 7–16 |date=January 2000 | pmid = 10623504| doi = 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3331| url = http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WK7-45F4V3C-5P&_user=483702&_coverDate=01%2F07%2F2000&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_origin=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1468011589&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000022720&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=483702&md5=1cea1cd3d0bf40355b774bdf274fe9e0&searchtype=a| issn = }}; rendered via [http://pymol.sourceforge.net PyMOL].</ref>]]
 
The active form of ornithine decarboyxlase is a [[homodimer]]. Each [[monomer]] contains a barrel domain, consisting of an [[alpha-beta barrel]], and a sheet domain, composed of two [[beta-sheet]]s. The domains are connected by loops. The monomers connect to each other via interactions between the barrel of one monomer and the sheet of the other. Binding between monomers is relatively weak, and ODC interconverts rapidly between monomeric and dimeric forms in the cell.<ref name="pmid10378276"/>
 
The [[pyridoxal phosphate]] cofactor binds lysine 69 at the [[C-terminus]] end of the barrel domain.  The [[active site]] is at the interface of the two domains, in a cavity formed by loops from both monomers.<ref name="pmid10378276"/>
 
==Function==
 
The ornithine decarboxylation reaction catalyzed by ornithine decarboxylase is the first and [[committed step]] in the synthesis of [[polyamine]]s, particularly [[putrescine]], [[spermidine]] and [[spermine]].  Polyamines are important for stabilizing [[DNA]] structure, the DNA [[DNA repair#Double-strand breaks|double strand-break repair]] pathway and as [[antioxidant]]s. Therefore, ornithine decarboxylase is an essential enzyme for cell growth, producing the polyamines necessary to stabilize newly synthesized DNA. Lack of ODC causes cell [[apoptosis]] in embryonic mice, induced by DNA damage.<ref name="pmid11533243">{{cite journal  |vauthors=Pendeville H, Carpino N, Marine JC, etal |title=The ornithine decarboxylase gene is essential for cell survival during early murine development |journal=Mol. Cell. Biol. |volume=21 |issue=19 |pages=6549–58 |date=October 2001 |pmid=11533243 |pmc=99801 |doi= 10.1128/MCB.21.19.6549-6558.2001|url=http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/bitstream/2268/14993/1/The%20ornithine%20decarboxylase%20gene%20is%20essential%20for%20cell%20survival%20during%20early%20murine%20development.pdf}}</ref>


==Reaction==
== Proteasomal degradation==
It [[catalyst|catalyzes]] the decarboxylation of [[ornithine]] producing, as a result, [[diamine]] [[putrescine]]:


<gallery>
ODC is the most well-characterized cellular protein subject to [[ubiquitin]]-independent [[proteasome|proteasomal]] degradation. Although most proteins must first be tagged with multiple [[ubiquitin]] molecules before they are bound and degraded by the [[proteasome]], ODC degradation is instead mediated by several recognition sites on the protein and its accessory factor [[Ornithine decarboxylase antizyme|antizyme]]. The ODC degradation process is regulated in a [[negative feedback loop]] by its reaction products.<ref name="pmid12660156">{{cite journal |vauthors=Zhang M, Pickart CM, Coffino P | title = Determinants of proteasome recognition of ornithine decarboxylase, a ubiquitin-independent substrate | journal = EMBO J. | volume = 22 | issue = 7 | pages = 1488–96 |date=April 2003 | pmid = 12660156 | pmc = 152902 | doi = 10.1093/emboj/cdg158 | url = | issn = }}</ref>
Image:L-Ornithine structure.svg|[[ornithine]]
Image:Diaminobutane.png|[[putrescine]]
</gallery>


This is the first step and the rate limiting step in humans for the production of [[polyamine]]s, compounds required for [[cell division]].  
Until a report by Sheaff et al. (2000),<ref name="pmid10882081">{{cite journal |vauthors=Sheaff RJ, Singer JD, Swanger J, Smitherman M, Roberts JM, Clurman BE | title = Proteasomal turnover of p21Cip1 does not require p21Cip1 ubiquitination | journal = Mol. Cell | volume = 5 | issue = 2 | pages = 403–10 |date=February 2000 | pmid = 10882081 | doi = 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80435-9| url = | issn = }}</ref> which demonstrated that the cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) inhibitor [[p21Cip1]] is also degraded by the proteasome in a ubiquitin-independent manner, ODC was the only clear example of ubiquitin-independent proteasomal degradation.<ref name="pmid10830160">{{cite journal |vauthors=Verma R, Deshaies RJ | title = A proteasome howdunit: the case of the missing signal | journal = Cell | volume = 101 | issue = 4 | pages = 341–4 |date=May 2000 | pmid = 10830160 | doi = 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80843-0| url = | issn = }}</ref>


==Clinical significance==
== Clinical significance ==
ODC gene expression is induced by a large number of biological stimuli including [[seizure]] activity in the brain.<ref name="pmid1563337">{{cite journal |author=Herberg LJ, Rose IC, de Belleroche JS, Mintz M |title=Ornithine decarboxylase induction and polyamine synthesis in the kindling of seizures: the effect of alpha-difluoromethylornithine |journal=Epilepsy Res. |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=3-7 |year=1992 |pmid=1563337 |doi=}}</ref>


==Ubiquitin-independent proteasomal degradation==
ODC is a transcriptional target of the [[oncogene]] [[Myc]]<ref name="pmid8356088">{{cite journal |vauthors=Bello-Fernandez C, Packham G, Cleveland JL |title=The ornithine decarboxylase gene is a transcriptional target of c-Myc |journal=Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. |volume=90 |issue=16 |pages=7804–8 |date=August 1993 |pmid=8356088 |pmc=47231 |doi= 10.1073/pnas.90.16.7804|url=}}</ref> and is upregulated in a wide variety of cancers. The polyamine products of the pathway initialized by ODC are associated with increased cell growth and reduced [[apoptosis]].<ref name="pmid15510159">{{cite journal |vauthors=Gerner EW, Meyskens FL |title=Polyamines and cancer: old molecules, new understanding |journal=Nat. Rev. Cancer |volume=4 |issue=10 |pages=781–92 |date=October 2004 |pmid=15510159 |doi=10.1038/nrc1454 |url=}}</ref> [[Ultraviolet light]],<ref name="pmid11549581">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ahmad N, Gilliam AC, Katiyar SK, O'Brien TG, Mukhtar H |title=A definitive role of ornithine decarboxylase in photocarcinogenesis |journal=Am. J. Pathol. |volume=159 |issue=3 |pages=885–92 |date=September 2001 |pmid=11549581 |pmc=1850478 |doi= 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)61764-6|url=}}</ref> [[asbestos]]<ref name="pmid1846307">{{cite journal |vauthors=Marsh JP, Mossman BT |title=Role of asbestos and active oxygen species in activation and expression of ornithine decarboxylase in hamster tracheal epithelial cells |journal=Cancer Res. |volume=51 |issue=1 |pages=167–73 |date=January 1991 |pmid=1846307 |doi= |url=}}</ref> and [[androgens]] released by the [[prostate gland]]<ref name="pmid1537280">{{cite journal |vauthors=Crozat A, Palvimo JJ, Julkunen M, Jänne OA |title=Comparison of androgen regulation of ornithine decarboxylase and S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase gene expression in rodent kidney and accessory sex organs |journal=Endocrinology |volume=130 |issue=3 |pages=1131–44 |date=March 1992 |pmid=1537280 |doi= 10.1210/en.130.3.1131|url=}}</ref> are all known to induce increased ODC activity associated with cancer. Inhibitors of ODC such as [[eflornithine]] have been shown to effectively reduce cancers in animal models,<ref name="pmid10353725">{{cite journal |vauthors=Meyskens FL, Gerner EW |title=Development of difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) as a chemoprevention agent |journal=Clin. Cancer Res. |volume=5 |issue=5 |pages=945–51 |date=May 1999 |pmid=10353725 |doi= |url=}}</ref> and drugs targeting ODC are being tested for potential clinical use.
ODC is the most well-characterized cellular protein subject to [[ubiquitin]]-independent [[proteasome|proteasomal]] degradation. Although most proteins must first be tagged with multiple [[ubiquitin]] molecules before they are bound and degraded by the [[proteasome]], ODC degradation is instead mediated by several recognition sites on the protein and its accessory factor [[antizyme 1]]. The ODC degradation process is regulated in a [[negative feedback loop]] by its reaction products.<ref name="Zhang">Zhang M, Pickart CM, Coffino P. (2003). Determinants of proteasome recognition of ornithine decarboxylase, a ubiquitin-independent substrate. ''EMBO J'' 22 (7): 1488 - 1496.</ref>
The mechanism by which ODC promotes [[carcinogenesis]] is complex and not entirely known. Along with their direct effect on DNA stability, polyamines also upregulate [[gap junction]] genes<ref name="pmid11439099">{{cite journal |vauthors=Shore L, McLean P, Gilmour SK, Hodgins MB, Finbow ME |title=Polyamines regulate gap junction communication in connexin 43-expressing cells |journal=Biochem. J. |volume=357 |issue=Pt 2 |pages=489–95 |date=July 2001 |pmid=11439099 |pmc=1221976 |doi= 10.1042/0264-6021:3570489|url=}}</ref> and downregulate [[tight junction]] genes. Gap junction genes are involved in communication between carcinogenic cells and tight junction genes act as tumor suppressors.<ref name="pmid15510159"/>


Until a report by Sheaff et al. (2000)<ref name="Sheaff">Sheaff RJ, Singer JD, Swanger J, Smitherman M, Roberts JM, Clurman BE. (2000). Proteasomal Turnover of p21Cip1 Does Not Require p21Cip1 Ubiquitination. ''Mol. Cell'' 5: 403 - 410.</ref>, which demonstrated that the cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) inhibitor [[p21Cip1]] is also degraded by the proteasome in a ubiquitin-independent manner, ODC was only clear example of ubiquitin-independent proteasomal degradation.<ref name="Verma">Verma R, Deshaies RJ. (2000). A Proteasome Howdunit: The Case of the Missing Signal. ''Cell'' 101: 341 - 344.</ref>
ODC gene expression is induced by a large number of biological stimuli including [[seizure]] activity in the brain.<ref name="pmid1563337">{{cite journal |vauthors=Herberg LJ, Rose IC, de Belleroche JS, Mintz M |title=Ornithine decarboxylase induction and polyamine synthesis in the kindling of seizures: the effect of alpha-difluoromethylornithine |journal=Epilepsy Res. |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=3–7 |year=1992 |pmid=1563337|doi=10.1016/0920-1211(92)90015-L}}</ref> Inactivation of ODC by difluoromethylornithine ([[eflornithine]]) is used to treat [[cancer]] and facial hair growth in postmenopausal females.


==External links==
ODC is also an enzyme indispensable to [[parasitism|parasites]] like [[trypanosoma]], [[giardia]], and [[plasmodium]], a fact exploited by the drug [[eflornithine]].<ref name="pmid17610127">{{cite journal |vauthors=Heby O, Persson L, Rentala M |title=Targeting the polyamine biosynthetic enzymes: a promising approach to therapy of African sleeping sickness, Chagas' disease, and leishmaniasis |journal=Amino Acids |volume=33 |issue=2 |pages=359–66 |date=August 2007 |pmid=17610127 |doi=10.1007/s00726-007-0537-9 |url=}}</ref>
*[http://herkules.oulu.fi/isbn9514266315/html/ Ornithine decarboxylase at herkules.oulu.fi]
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==References==
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://herkules.oulu.fi/isbn9514266315/html/ Ornithine decarboxylase at herkules.oulu.fi]
* {{MeshName|Ornithine+decarboxylase}}
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ornithine decarboxylase
File:1d7k.jpg
Ornithine decarboxylase dimer, Human
Identifiers
EC number4.1.1.17
CAS number9024-60-6
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
Gene OntologyAmiGO / QuickGO
ornithine decarboxylase
Identifiers
SymbolODC1
Entrez4953
HUGO8109
OMIM165640
RefSeqNM_002539
UniProtP11926
Other data
EC number4.1.1.17
LocusChr. 2 p25

The enzyme ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) catalyzes the decarboxylation of ornithine (a product of the urea cycle) to form putrescine. This reaction is the committed step in polyamine synthesis.[1] In humans, this protein has 461 amino acids and forms a homodimer.

Reaction mechanism

Lysine 69 on ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) binds the cofactor pyridoxal phosphate to form a Schiff base. Ornithine displaces the lysine to form a Schiff base attached to orthonine, which decarboxylates to form a quinoid intermediate. This intermediate rearranges to form a Schiff base attached to putrescine, which is attacked by lysine to release putrescine product and reform PLP-bound ODC.[2]

ornithine decarboxylase mechanism

This is the first step and the rate-limiting step in humans for the production of polyamines, compounds required for cell division.

Structure

File:Ornithine Decarboxylase Publication View.png
3D crystal structure of ornithine decarboxylase.[3]

The active form of ornithine decarboyxlase is a homodimer. Each monomer contains a barrel domain, consisting of an alpha-beta barrel, and a sheet domain, composed of two beta-sheets. The domains are connected by loops. The monomers connect to each other via interactions between the barrel of one monomer and the sheet of the other. Binding between monomers is relatively weak, and ODC interconverts rapidly between monomeric and dimeric forms in the cell.[1]

The pyridoxal phosphate cofactor binds lysine 69 at the C-terminus end of the barrel domain. The active site is at the interface of the two domains, in a cavity formed by loops from both monomers.[1]

Function

The ornithine decarboxylation reaction catalyzed by ornithine decarboxylase is the first and committed step in the synthesis of polyamines, particularly putrescine, spermidine and spermine. Polyamines are important for stabilizing DNA structure, the DNA double strand-break repair pathway and as antioxidants. Therefore, ornithine decarboxylase is an essential enzyme for cell growth, producing the polyamines necessary to stabilize newly synthesized DNA. Lack of ODC causes cell apoptosis in embryonic mice, induced by DNA damage.[4]

Proteasomal degradation

ODC is the most well-characterized cellular protein subject to ubiquitin-independent proteasomal degradation. Although most proteins must first be tagged with multiple ubiquitin molecules before they are bound and degraded by the proteasome, ODC degradation is instead mediated by several recognition sites on the protein and its accessory factor antizyme. The ODC degradation process is regulated in a negative feedback loop by its reaction products.[5]

Until a report by Sheaff et al. (2000),[6] which demonstrated that the cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) inhibitor p21Cip1 is also degraded by the proteasome in a ubiquitin-independent manner, ODC was the only clear example of ubiquitin-independent proteasomal degradation.[7]

Clinical significance

ODC is a transcriptional target of the oncogene Myc[8] and is upregulated in a wide variety of cancers. The polyamine products of the pathway initialized by ODC are associated with increased cell growth and reduced apoptosis.[9] Ultraviolet light,[10] asbestos[11] and androgens released by the prostate gland[12] are all known to induce increased ODC activity associated with cancer. Inhibitors of ODC such as eflornithine have been shown to effectively reduce cancers in animal models,[13] and drugs targeting ODC are being tested for potential clinical use. The mechanism by which ODC promotes carcinogenesis is complex and not entirely known. Along with their direct effect on DNA stability, polyamines also upregulate gap junction genes[14] and downregulate tight junction genes. Gap junction genes are involved in communication between carcinogenic cells and tight junction genes act as tumor suppressors.[9]

ODC gene expression is induced by a large number of biological stimuli including seizure activity in the brain.[15] Inactivation of ODC by difluoromethylornithine (eflornithine) is used to treat cancer and facial hair growth in postmenopausal females.

ODC is also an enzyme indispensable to parasites like trypanosoma, giardia, and plasmodium, a fact exploited by the drug eflornithine.[16]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kern AD, Oliveira MA, Coffino P, Hackert ML (May 1999). "Structure of mammalian ornithine decarboxylase at 1.6 A resolution: stereochemical implications of PLP-dependent amino acid decarboxylases". Structure. 7 (5): 567–81. doi:10.1016/S0969-2126(99)80073-2. PMID 10378276.
  2. Brooks HB, Phillips MA (December 1997). "Characterization of the reaction mechanism for Trypanosoma brucei ornithine decarboxylase by multiwavelength stopped-flow spectroscopy". Biochemistry. 36 (49): 15147–55. doi:10.1021/bi971652b. PMID 9398243.
  3. PDB: 1d7k​; Almrud JJ, Oliveira MA, Kern AD, Grishin NV, Phillips MA, Hackert ML (January 2000). "Crystal structure of human ornithine decarboxylase at 2.1 A resolution: structural insights to antizyme binding". J. Mol. Biol. 295 (1): 7–16. doi:10.1006/jmbi.1999.3331. PMID 10623504.; rendered via PyMOL.
  4. Pendeville H, Carpino N, Marine JC, et al. (October 2001). "The ornithine decarboxylase gene is essential for cell survival during early murine development" (PDF). Mol. Cell. Biol. 21 (19): 6549–58. doi:10.1128/MCB.21.19.6549-6558.2001. PMC 99801. PMID 11533243.
  5. Zhang M, Pickart CM, Coffino P (April 2003). "Determinants of proteasome recognition of ornithine decarboxylase, a ubiquitin-independent substrate". EMBO J. 22 (7): 1488–96. doi:10.1093/emboj/cdg158. PMC 152902. PMID 12660156.
  6. Sheaff RJ, Singer JD, Swanger J, Smitherman M, Roberts JM, Clurman BE (February 2000). "Proteasomal turnover of p21Cip1 does not require p21Cip1 ubiquitination". Mol. Cell. 5 (2): 403–10. doi:10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80435-9. PMID 10882081.
  7. Verma R, Deshaies RJ (May 2000). "A proteasome howdunit: the case of the missing signal". Cell. 101 (4): 341–4. doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80843-0. PMID 10830160.
  8. Bello-Fernandez C, Packham G, Cleveland JL (August 1993). "The ornithine decarboxylase gene is a transcriptional target of c-Myc". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 90 (16): 7804–8. doi:10.1073/pnas.90.16.7804. PMC 47231. PMID 8356088.
  9. 9.0 9.1 Gerner EW, Meyskens FL (October 2004). "Polyamines and cancer: old molecules, new understanding". Nat. Rev. Cancer. 4 (10): 781–92. doi:10.1038/nrc1454. PMID 15510159.
  10. Ahmad N, Gilliam AC, Katiyar SK, O'Brien TG, Mukhtar H (September 2001). "A definitive role of ornithine decarboxylase in photocarcinogenesis". Am. J. Pathol. 159 (3): 885–92. doi:10.1016/S0002-9440(10)61764-6. PMC 1850478. PMID 11549581.
  11. Marsh JP, Mossman BT (January 1991). "Role of asbestos and active oxygen species in activation and expression of ornithine decarboxylase in hamster tracheal epithelial cells". Cancer Res. 51 (1): 167–73. PMID 1846307.
  12. Crozat A, Palvimo JJ, Julkunen M, Jänne OA (March 1992). "Comparison of androgen regulation of ornithine decarboxylase and S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase gene expression in rodent kidney and accessory sex organs". Endocrinology. 130 (3): 1131–44. doi:10.1210/en.130.3.1131. PMID 1537280.
  13. Meyskens FL, Gerner EW (May 1999). "Development of difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) as a chemoprevention agent". Clin. Cancer Res. 5 (5): 945–51. PMID 10353725.
  14. Shore L, McLean P, Gilmour SK, Hodgins MB, Finbow ME (July 2001). "Polyamines regulate gap junction communication in connexin 43-expressing cells". Biochem. J. 357 (Pt 2): 489–95. doi:10.1042/0264-6021:3570489. PMC 1221976. PMID 11439099.
  15. Herberg LJ, Rose IC, de Belleroche JS, Mintz M (1992). "Ornithine decarboxylase induction and polyamine synthesis in the kindling of seizures: the effect of alpha-difluoromethylornithine". Epilepsy Res. 11 (1): 3–7. doi:10.1016/0920-1211(92)90015-L. PMID 1563337.
  16. Heby O, Persson L, Rentala M (August 2007). "Targeting the polyamine biosynthetic enzymes: a promising approach to therapy of African sleeping sickness, Chagas' disease, and leishmaniasis". Amino Acids. 33 (2): 359–66. doi:10.1007/s00726-007-0537-9. PMID 17610127.

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