Pyruvate decarboxylase

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Pyruvate decarboxylase is a homotetrameric enzyme (EC 4.1.1.1) that catalyses the decarboxylation of pyruvic acid to acetaldehyde and carbon dioxide. Thhis enzyme requires thiamine diphosphate (ThDP) as cofactor.

The enzyme is present in yeast cells and is used in the process of making alcohol through yeast fermentation.

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Carbon-carbon lyases (EC 4.1)

Carboxy-lyases: Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase - Glutamate decarboxylase - Ornithine decarboxylase - Pyruvate decarboxylase - RuBisCO - Uridine monophosphate synthetase - Uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase

Aldolase


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