Indole-3-carboxylate decarboxylase

Indole-3-carboxylate decarboxylase
Identifiers
EC number 4.1.1.92
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Indole-3-carboxylate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.92) is an enzyme with systematic name indole-3-carboxylate carboxy-lyase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

indole-3-carboxylate \rightleftharpoons indole + CO2

This enzyme is activated by Zn2+, Mn2+ or Mg2+.

References

  1. Yoshida, T., Fujita, K. and Nagasawa, T. (2002). "Novel reversible indole-3-carboxylate decarboxylase catalyzing nonoxidative decarboxylation". Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 66: 2388–2394. doi:10.1271/bbb.66.2388. PMID 12506977.

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