Entry
Name
3-oxolaurate decarboxylase;
beta-ketolaurate decarboxylase;
beta-ketoacyl decarboxylase;
3-oxododecanoate carboxy-lyase
Class
Lyases;
Carbon-carbon lyases;
Carboxy-lyases
BRITE hierarchy
Sysname
3-oxododecanoate carboxy-lyase (2-undecanone-forming)
Reaction(IUBMB)
3-oxododecanoate = 2-undecanone + CO2 [RN:
R03747 ]
Reaction(KEGG)
Substrate
Product
Comment
Also decarboxylates other C14 to C16 oxo acids.
History
EC 4.1.1.56 created 1972
Reference
Authors
FRANKE W, PLATZECK A, EICHHORN G.
Title
[On the knowledge of fatty acid catabolism by mold fungi. III. On a decarboxylase for average beta-ketomonocarbonic acids (beta-ketolaurate decarboxylase)]
Journal
Arch Mikrobiol 40:73-93 (1961)
Other DBs
ExplorEnz - The Enzyme Database: 4.1.1.56
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 4.1.1.56