Dehydro-L-gulonate decarboxylase

Template:Infobox enzyme The enzyme dehydro-L-gulonate decarboxylase (Template:EnzExplorer) catalyzes the chemical reaction

3-dehydro-L-gulonate $\rightleftharpoons$ L-xylulose + 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 3-dehydro-L-gulonate carboxy-lyase (L-xylulose-forming). This enzyme participates in pentose and glucuronate interconversions.

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