@article{mbs:/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-8-2-233, author = "Rodwell, A. W.", title = "The Histidine Decarboxylase of a Species of Lactobacillus; Apparent Dispensability of Pyridoxal Phosphate as Coenzyme", journal= "Microbiology", year = "1953", volume = "8", number = "2", pages = "233-237", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-8-2-233", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-8-2-233", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2080", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "SUMMARY: The histidine decarboxylase produced by a species of Lactobacillus (strain 30a isolated from horse-stomach contents; Rodwell, 1953a) has been examined in detail. Attempts to resolve a cell-free enzyme preparation into an inactive apoenzyme and a coenzyme were unsuccessful. Cells grown in a medium deficient in pyridoxin had greatly diminished lysine and ornithine decarboxylase activity, whereas their histidine decarboxylase activity was not at all diminished.", }