Decarboxylation of Hydroxyarginine and Canavanine by Escherichia coli

Abstract

Two strains of Escherichia coli 7020 and No. 1 were found to decarboxylate γ-hydroxy-arginine and canavanine to form the cor-responding amines.
The decarboxylation products from γ-hydroxyarginine and canavanine were isolated and identified as hydroxyagmatine (δ-guani-dino-γ-hydroxybutylamine) and γ-guanidinoxy-propylamine, respectively.