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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Pyruvate Decarboxylase
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Piruvato Descarboxilasa
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Piruvato Descarboxilase
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Synonyms English:
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2-Oxo Acid Carboxy-Lyase
alpha-Carboxylase
alpha-Ketoacid Carboxylase
Pyruvic Decarboxylase
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Tree Number:
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D08.811.520.224.125.750
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Definition English:
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Catalyzes the decarboxylation of an alpha keto acid to an aldehyde and carbon dioxide. Thiamine pyrophosphate is an essential cofactor. In lower organisms, which ferment glucose to ethanol and carbon dioxide, the enzyme irreversibly decarboxylates pyruvate to acetaldehyde. EC 4.1.1.1. |
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History Note English:
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91(75); was see under CARBOXY-LYASES 1975-90
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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22630
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Unique Identifier:
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D011767
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