Lysine decarboxylase

Cadaverine synthesis

Lysine decarboxylase is an enzyme which converts lysine to cadaverine.

External links

• EC 4.1.1.18
• MeSH lysine+decarboxylase

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v • d • e Carbon-carbon lyases (EC 4.1) 4.1.1: Carboxy-lyases Pyruvate decarboxylase · Oxaloacetate decarboxylase · Acetoacetate decarboxylase · Malonyl-CoA decarboxylase · Glutamate decarboxylase · Ornithine decarboxylase · Lysine decarboxylase · Phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxylase · Histidine decarboxylase · Uridine monophosphate synthetase/Orotidine 5'-phosphate decarboxylase · Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase · Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase · Pyrophosphomevalonate decarboxylase · Uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase · RuBisCO · Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase · Adenosylmethionine decarboxylase 4.1.2: Aldehyde-lyases Aldolase (Aldolase A, Aldolase B, Aldolase C) · 2-hydroxyphytanoyl-CoA lyase · Threonine aldolase 4.1.3: Oxo-acid-lyases 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA lyase 4.1.99: Other Tryptophanase

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