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 phenol + CO2
Salicylate decarboxylase
Identifiers
EC number4.1.1.91
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

In the reverse direction the enzyme catalyses the regioselective carboxylation of phenol into salicylate.

References

  1. Kirimura K, Gunji H, Wakayama R, Hattori T, Ishii Y (April 2010). "Enzymatic Kolbe-Schmitt reaction to form salicylic acid from phenol: enzymatic characterization and gene identification of a novel enzyme, Trichosporon moniliiforme salicylic acid decarboxylase". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 394 (2): 279–84. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.02.154. PMID 20188702.
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