Carnitine decarboxylase
| carnitine decarboxylase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 4.1.1.42 | ||||||||
| CAS no. | 37237-38-0 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
| Gene Ontology | AmiGO / QuickGO | ||||||||
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In enzymology, a carnitine decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.42) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
- carnitine 2-methylcholine + CO2
Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, carnitine, and two products, and 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 carnitine carboxy-lyase (2-methylcholine-forming). This enzyme is also called carnitine carboxy-lyase. It employs one cofactor, ATP.
References[]
- Khairallah EA, Wolf G (1967). "Carnitine decarboxylase. The conversion of carnitine to beta-methylcholine". J. Biol. Chem. 242 (1): 32–9. PMID 6016331.
Categories:
- EC 4.1.1
- Enzymes of unknown structure
- EC 4.1 stubs