Function
Reductive condensation of pyruvate and arginine, lysine, histidine, or octopine to form octopine, lysopine, histopine, or octopinic acid, respectively. NADPH is the preferred cofactor, but NADH can also be used.
Sequence
MAKVAILGAGNVALTLAGDLARRLGQVSSIWAPISNRNSFNSVRSLGSLELVGPDYGGDFQPQLEDDLETAISGAAFIFLTVPTMGQQGILCELANFNLSSSVLVALPGSATSLACKQTLTPAFAPIAVIEATTSPYACRRVNAQVLMLSVKRTFEVASTQALSEEVRGGFEILFPNRLQWYQNPASIFFSNTNPVAHPAGILAAKDTIEQGISPIPKFYRKFVPQAITRVTAIDEERLTIVNALGLESETDFAYCKKWYGGHASNAREFYETFEGYADIETPRNMNHRYLSEDVKHILVLWVEIAEVIGVQVPEMKSVVQEASDVLNEDLSHTGRGLSSLNLEGSNANAIVRALNGV