odc-1 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Enables ornithine decarboxylase activity. Involved in putrescine biosynthetic process from ornithine. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Expressed in intestine and male gonad. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in esophagus squamous cell carcinoma; hepatocellular carcinoma; and liver cirrhosis. Is an ortholog of human AZIN1 (antizyme inhibitor 1); AZIN2 (antizyme inhibitor 2); and ODC1 (ornithine decarboxylase 1).