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. 2023 Jun 27;12(7):881. doi: 10.3390/pathogens12070881

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Polyamine biosynthesis in S. aureus showing interrelationships of putrescine, arginine and ornithine production [1]. Decarboxylation of ornithine produces putrescine. ARG, arginine; ADC, arginine decarboxylase; ARG, arginase; ODC, ornithine decarboxylase; AGM, agmatinase; ADI, agmatine deiminase; NCPAH, N-carbamoylputrescine amidohydrolase; CASDH, carboxyspermidine dehydrogenase; CASDC, carboxyspermidine decarboxylase; PAPT, polyamine aminopropyltransferase; MAT, methionine adenosyltransferase; SAMDC, S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase; LDC, lysine decarboxylase; AdoMet, S-adenosylmethionine; AdoMetDC, decarboxylated S-adenosylmethionine.