Phenylpyruvate decarboxylase

Template:Infobox enzyme The enzyme phenylpyruvate decarboxylase (Template:EnzExplorer) catalyzes the chemical reaction

phenylpyruvate $\rightleftharpoons$ 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.Template:Citation needed This enzyme participates in phenylalanine and tryptophan metabolism.

Structural studies

As of late 2007, only one structure has been solved for this class of enzymes, with the PDB accession code Template:PDB link.

References

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