The enzyme phenylpyruvate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.43) catalyzes the chemical reaction
| phenylpyruvate decarboxylase | |||||||||
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| EC no. | 4.1.1.43 | ||||||||
| CAS no. | 37289-45-5 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
| Gene Ontology | AmiGO / QuickGO | ||||||||
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- phenylpyruvate phenylacetaldehyde + CO2
This enzyme belongs to the family of lyases, specifically the carboxy-lyases, which cleave carbon-carbon bonds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is phenylpyruvate carboxy-lyase (phenylacetaldehyde-forming). This enzyme is also called phenylpyruvate carboxy-lyase.[citation needed] This enzyme participates in phenylalanine and tryptophan metabolism.
Structural studies edit
As of late 2007, only one structure has been solved for this class of enzymes, with the PDB accession code 2NXW.
References edit
- Asakawa T, Wada H, Yamano T (1968). "Enzymatic conversion of phenylpyruvate to phenylacetate". Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 170 (2): 375–91. doi:10.1016/0304-4165(68)90017-2. PMID 4303395.
