Pyrophosphomevalonate decarboxylase: Information from Answers.com

mevalonate (diphospho) decarboxylase
Identifiers
Symbol	MVD
Entrez	4597
HUGO	7529
OMIM	603236
RefSeq	NM_002461
UniProt	P53602
Other data
EC number	4.1.1.33
Locus	Chr. 16 q24.3

Pyrophosphomevalonate decarboxylase (or mevalonate-5-pyrophosphate decarboxylase) is an enzyme in the mevalonate pathway.

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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

To HMG-CoA	Acetyl-Coenzyme A acetyltransferase · HMG-CoA synthase (regulated step)

Ketogenesis	HMG-CoA lyase · 3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase · Thiophorase

To Mevalonic acid	HMG-CoA reductase

To DMAPP	Mevalonate kinase · Phosphomevalonate kinase · Pyrophosphomevalonate decarboxylase · Isopentenyl-diphosphate delta isomerase

Geranyl-	Dimethylallyltranstransferase · Geranyl pyrophosphate

To lanosterol	Farnesyl-diphosphate farnesyltransferase · Squalene monooxygenase · Lanosterol synthase

7-Dehydrocholesterol path	Lanosterol 14α-demethylase · Sterol-C5-desaturase-like · 7-Dehydrocholesterol reductase

Desmosterol path	24-dehydrocholesterol reductase

To androgens	17α-hydroxylase/17,20 lyase · 3β dehydrogenase · 17β dehydrogenase · 5α reductase

To estrogens	Aromatase

Other/ungrouped

see also intermediates, disorders

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