| EC |
4.1.1.53 |
| Accepted name: |
phenylalanine decarboxylase |
| Reaction: |
L-phenylalanine = phenylethylamine + CO2 |
| Other name(s): |
L-phenylalanine decarboxylase; aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase (ambiguous); L-phenylalanine carboxy-lyase |
| Systematic name: |
L-phenylalanine carboxy-lyase (phenylethylamine-forming) |
| Comments: |
A pyridoxal-phosphate protein. Also acts on tyrosine and other aromatic amino acids. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 9075-72-3 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Lovenberg, W., Weissbach, H. and Udenfriend, S. Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase. J. Biol. Chem. 237 (1962) 89–93. [PMID: 14466899] |
| 2. |
Schulz, A.R. and Oliner, L. The possible role of thyroid aromatic amino acid decarboxylase in thyroxine biosynthesis. Life Sci. 6 (1967) 873–880. [PMID: 6034195] |
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