| EC |
4.1.1.25 |
| Accepted name: |
tyrosine decarboxylase |
| Reaction: |
L-tyrosine = tyramine + CO2 |
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For diagram of methanofuran biosynthesis, click here |
| Other name(s): |
L-tyrosine decarboxylase; L-(-)-tyrosine apodecarboxylase; L-tyrosine carboxy-lyase |
| Systematic name: |
L-tyrosine carboxy-lyase (tyramine-forming) |
| Comments: |
A pyridoxal-phosphate protein. The bacterial enzyme also acts on 3-hydroxytyrosine and, more slowly, on 3-hydroxyphenylalanine. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9002-09-9 |
| References: |
| 1. |
McGilvery, R.W. and Cohen, P.P. The decarboxylation of L-phenylalanine by Streptococcus faecalis R. J. Biol. Chem. 174 (1948) 813–816. [PMID: 18871240] |
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| [EC 4.1.1.25 created 1961] |
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