| EC |
4.1.1.20 |
| Accepted name: |
diaminopimelate decarboxylase |
| Reaction: |
meso-2,6-diaminoheptanedioate = L-lysine + CO2 |
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| Other name(s): |
diaminopimelic acid decarboxylase; meso-diaminopimelate decarboxylase; DAP-decarboxylase; meso-2,6-diaminoheptanedioate carboxy-lyase |
| Systematic name: |
meso-2,6-diaminoheptanedioate carboxy-lyase (L-lysine-forming) |
| Comments: |
A pyridoxal-phosphate protein. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9024-75-3 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Denman, R.F., Hoare, D.S. and Work, E. Diaminopimelic acid decarboxylase in pyridoxin-deficient Escherichia coli. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 16 (1955) 442–443. [DOI] [PMID: 14378182] |
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