Lysine decarboxylase

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Lysine decarboxylase is an enzyme which converts lysine to cadaverine.

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• EC 4.1.1.18
• MeSH lysine+decarboxylase

v • d • e Carbon-carbon lyases (EC 4.1) 4.1.1: Carboxy-lyases Pyruvate decarboxylase -Oxaloacetate decarboxylase - Acetoacetate decarboxylase - Malonyl-CoA decarboxylase - Glutamate decarboxylase - Ornithine decarboxylase - Lysine decarboxylase - Phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxylase - Histidine decarboxylase - Uridine monophosphate synthetase/Orotidine 5'-phosphate decarboxylase - Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase - Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase - Pyrophosphomevalonate decarboxylase - Uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase - RuBisCO - Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase - Adenosylmethionine decarboxylase 4.1.2: Aldehyde-lyases Aldolase A/Aldolase B - 2-hydroxyphytanoyl-CoA lyase - Threonine aldolase 4.1.3: Oxo-acid-lyases 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA lyase