Octadecanal decarbonylase

The enzyme octadecanal decarbonylase (EC 4.1.99.5) catalyzes the chemical reaction

octadecanal ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ heptadecane + CO

octadecanal decarbonylase
Identifiers
EC no.	4.1.99.5
CAS no.	94185-90-7
Databases
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
Search PMC articles PubMed articles NCBI proteins

This enzyme belongs to the family of lyases, specifically in the "catch-all" class of carbon-carbon lyases. The systematic name of this enzyme class is octadecanal alkane-lyase. Other names in common use include decarbonylase, and aldehyde decarbonylase. At least one compound, EDTA is known to inhibit this enzyme.