Dehydro-L-gulonate decarboxylase
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The enzyme dehydro-L-gulonate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.34) catalyzes the chemical reaction
- 3-dehydro-L-gulonate Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "http://localhost:6011/en.wikipedia.org/v1/":): {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons} L-xylulose + CO2
Quick Facts L-gulonate decarboxylase, Identifiers ...
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EC no. | 4.1.1.34 | ||||||||
CAS no. | 9024-67-3 | ||||||||
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IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
Gene Ontology | AmiGO / QuickGO | ||||||||
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This enzyme belongs to the family of lyases, specifically the carboxy-lyases, which cleave carbon-carbon bonds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is 3-dehydro-L-gulonate carboxy-lyase (L-xylulose-forming). This enzyme participates in pentose and glucuronate interconversions.