carboxy-lyases
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thumb | right | alt=Carboxy-lyase computer image | Carboxy-lyase Carboxy-lyases, also known as decarboxylases, are carbon–carbon lyases that add or remove a carboxyl group from organic compounds. These enzymes catalyze the decarboxylation of amino acids and alpha-keto acids.
Research
36,670 papers- Biotin.Vitamins and hormones · 1989
- Aconitate decarboxylase (ACOD1) has found a disease.Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM · 2024
- Histamine: entering physiology.Experientia · 1972
- Regulation of gluconeogenesis.Nutrition reviews · 1966
- [SEROTONIN].Nordisk medicin · 1965
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Classification and nomenclature
- Examples
- See also
- References
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thumb | right | alt=Carboxy-lyase computer image | Carboxy-lyase Carboxy-lyases, also known as decarboxylases, are carbon–carbon lyases that add or remove a carboxyl group from organic compounds. These enzymes catalyze the decarboxylation of amino acids and alpha-keto acids.
==Classification and nomenclature== Carboxy-lyases are categorized under EC number 4.1.1. Usually, they are named after the substrate whose decarboxylation they catalyze, for example pyruvate decarboxylase catalyzes the decarboxylation of pyruvate.
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