Pyruvate decarboxylase is an enzyme (EC 4.1.1.1) that catalyses the decarboxylation of pyruvic acid to acetaldehyde. It is also called 2-oxo-acid carboxylase...
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Pyruvic acid (redirect from Pyruvate)
acetaldehyde (with the enzyme pyruvate decarboxylase) and then to ethanol in alcoholic fermentation.[citation needed] Pyruvate is a key intersection in the...
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enzyme 2,2-dialkylglycine decarboxylase (pyruvate) (EC 4.1.1.64) catalyzes the chemical reaction 2,2-dialkylglycine + pyruvate ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
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Pyruvate carboxylase deficiency is an inherited disorder that causes lactic acid to accumulate in the blood. High levels of these substances can damage...
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involved in this reaction is pyruvate decarboxylase, which is different from oxidative decarboxylation. During the reaction, pyruvate is directly connected with...
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Carboxy-lyases (redirect from Decarboxylase)
pyruvate decarboxylase catalyzes the decarboxylation of pyruvate. Aromatic-L-amino-acid decarboxylase Glutamate decarboxylase Histidine decarboxylase...
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Energy is obtained from liver glycogen. This process depends upon a pyruvate decarboxylase – the first known in vertebrates. Although they are a freshwater...
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coenzyme in many enzymatic reactions, such as: Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex Pyruvate decarboxylase in ethanol fermentation Alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase...
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plasmid from Zymomonas mobilis. This plasmid codes for the enzyme pyruvate decarboxylase which, along with alcohol dehydrogenase already present in the bacteria...
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decarboxylated to acetaldehyde in a reaction involving the enzyme pyruvate decarboxylase. Reduction of acetaldehyde to ethanol produces NAD+, which is catalyzed...
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needed for glycolysis: 1. CH3COCOO− + H+ → CH3CHO + CO2 catalyzed by pyruvate decarboxylase 2. CH3CHO + NADH + H+ → C2H5OH + NAD+ This reaction is catalyzed...
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Oxaloacetate decarboxylase is a carboxy-lyase involved in the conversion of oxaloacetate into pyruvate. It is categorized under EC 4.1.1.3. Oxaloacetate...
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into pyruvate, or higher rate of glycolysis. After glycolysis, pyruvate can either be further broken down by pyruvate decarboxylase (Pdc) or pyruvate dehydrogenase...
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the cycle may repeat. The reaction is catalyzed by the enzymes pyruvate decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase. The history of ethanol as a fuel spans...
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breakdown of sugars by glycolysis which yield pyruvate that in turn is decarboxylated by the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex generating acetyl-CoA according...
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cycle: Pyruvate + Coenzyme A + NAD+ ⇒ acetyl-CoA + NADH + H+ + CO2 Pyruvate dehydrogenase has three chemical compartments; E1 (pyruvate decarboxylase), E2...
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Kennedy EP (1978). "Identification of bound pyruvate essential for the activity of phosphatidylserine decarboxylase of Escherichia coli". J. Biol. Chem. 253...
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ethanol was achieved around 20 years. A plasmid that carried the pyruvate decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase genes from the bacteria Z. mobilis was...
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spermine from putrescein. Unlike many amino acid decarboxylases AdoMetDC uses a covalently bound pyruvate residue as a cofactor rather than the more common...
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Present in some species: pyruvate decarboxylase (in yeast) several additional bacterial enzymes The enzymes transketolase, pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH), and...
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4-oxalocrotonate by 4-oxalocrotonate decarboxylase, is degraded by 4-hydroxy-2-oxovalerate aldolase, forming acetaldehyde and pyruvate and is reversibly dehydrated...
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are added to large vats containing water, dextrose and the enzyme pyruvate decarboxylase (such as found in beets and other plants). After the yeast has begun...
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Pyruvate carboxylase deficiency Pyruvate decarboxylase deficiency Pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency Pyruvate kinase deficiency, liver type Pyruvate kinase...
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affect include, pyruvate dehydrogenase, citrate synthetase, malate dehydrogenase, glutathione reductase, and pyruvate decarboxylase. Adverse effects...
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and yeast involve the conversion of pyruvate into acetaldehyde and carbon dioxide by the enzyme pyruvate decarboxylase, followed by the conversion of acetaldehyde...
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Malassezia pachydermatis: High sensitivity to OT. Enzymes such as pyruvate decarboxylase and malate dehydrogenase are inhibited. neutrophil granulocytes...
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Pyruvate cycling commonly refers to an intracellular loop of spatial movements and chemical transformations involving pyruvate. Spatial movements occur...
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EC 2.3.3.1 The conversion of malate to pyruvate and lactate is catalyzed by NAD(P) dependent malate decarboxylase (malic enzyme; EC 1.1.1.39 and 1.1.1.40)...
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This inhibition of glucose oxidation at the level of pyruvate dehydrogenase preserves pyruvate and lactate, both of which are gluconeogenic precursors...
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histidine decarboxylase". Riley WD, Snell EE (October 1968). "Histidine decarboxylase of Lactobacillus 30a. IV. The presence of covalently bound pyruvate as...
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