DB identifier | AT4G34710 | Secondary Identifier | locus:2139629 |
Name | arginine decarboxylase 2 | Brief Description | arginine decarboxylase 2 |
TAIR Computational Description | arginine decarboxylase 2;(source:Araport11) |
TAIR Curator Summary | Encodes a arginine decarboxylase (ADC), a rate-limiting enzyme that catalyzes the first step of polyamine (PA) biosynthesis via ADC pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana. Arabidopsis genome has two ADC paralogs, ADC1 and ADC2. ADC2 is stress-inducible (osmotic stress). Double mutant analysis showed that ADC genes are essential for the production of PA, and are required for normal seed development. Overexpression causes phenotypes similar to GA-deficient plants and these plants show reduced levels of GA due to lower expression levels of AtGA20ox1, AtGA3ox3 and AtGA3ox1. |
TAIR Short Description | arginine decarboxylase 2 |
TAIR Aliases | ADC2, ATADC2, SPE2 |