Biotin-independent malonate decarboxylase

Biotin-independent malonate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.88, malonate decarboxylase (without biotin), malonate decarboxylase, MDC) is an enzyme with systematic name malonate carboxy-lyase (biotin-independent).^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]} This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

malonate + H⁺ ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ acetate + CO₂

Biotin-independent malonate decarboxylase
Identifiers
EC no.	4.1.1.88
Databases
IntEnz	IntEnz view
BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
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Two types of malonate decarboxylase are currently known, both of which form multienzyme complexes.