- Orsellinate decarboxylase
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orsellinate decarboxylase Identifiers EC number 4.1.1.58 CAS number 9076-58-8 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 / EGO Search PMC articles PubMed articles In enzymology, an orsellinate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.58) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
- 2,4-dihydroxy-6-methylbenzoate orcinol + CO2
Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, 2,4-dihydroxy-6-methylbenzoate, and two products, orcinol and 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 2,4-dihydroxy-6-methylbenzoate carboxy-lyase (orcinol-forming). This enzyme is also called orsellinate carboxy-lyase.
References
- Pettersson G; Lahermo, Pertti; Tummavuori, Jouni (1965). "An orsellinic acid decarboxylase isolated from Gliocladium roseum". Acta Chem. Scand. 19: 2013–2021. doi:10.3891/acta.chem.scand.19-2013.
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