Salicylate decarboxylase

Salicylate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.91, salicylic acid decarboxylase, Scd) is an enzyme with systematic name salicylate carboxy-lyase.^[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

salicylate ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ phenol + CO₂

Salicylate decarboxylase
Identifiers
EC no.	4.1.1.91
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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In the reverse direction the enzyme catalyses the regioselective carboxylation of phenol into salicylate.