Protocatechuate decarboxylase
class of enzymes
The enzyme protocatechuate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.63) catalyzes the chemical reaction
3,4-dihydroxybenzoate
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{\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }
catechol + CO2
This enzyme belongs to the family of lyases, specifically the carboxy-lyases, which cleave carbon-carbon bonds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate carboxy-lyase (catechol-forming). Other names in common use include 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate decarboxylase, and protocatechuate carboxy-lyase. This enzyme participates in benzoate degradation via hydroxylation.
References
Grant DJ, Patel JC (1969). "The non-oxidative decarboxylation of p-hydroxybenzoic acid, gentisic acid, protocatechuic acid and gallic acid by Klebsiella aerogenes (Aerobacter aerogenes)". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 35 (3): 325–43. doi:10.1007/BF02219153. PMID 5309907.
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