Pyrophosphomevalonate decarboxylase

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mevalonate (diphospho) decarboxylase
Identifiers
Symbol	MVD
Entrez	4597
HUGO	7529
OMIM	603236
RefSeq	NM_002461
UniProt	P53602
Other data
EC number	4.1.1.33
Locus	Chr. 16 q24.3

Pyrophosphomevalonate decarboxylase (or mevalonate-5-pyrophosphate decarboxylase) is an enzyme in the mevalonate pathway.

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• MeSH Pyrophosphomevalonate+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

v • d • e Metabolism: lipid metabolism - ketones/mevalonate pathway/cholesterol synthesis enzymes To HMG-CoA Acetyl-Coenzyme A acetyltransferase - HMG-CoA synthase (regulated step) Ketogenesis HMG-CoA lyase - 3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase - Thiophorase To Mevalonic acid HMG-CoA reductase To DMAPP Mevalonate kinase - Phosphomevalonate kinase - Pyrophosphomevalonate decarboxylase - Isopentenyl-diphosphate delta isomerase To Cholesterols Dimethylallyltranstransferase - Geranyl pyrophosphate - Farnesyl-diphosphate farnesyltransferase - Squalene monooxygenase - Lanosterol synthase - CYP51A1 To Bile acids Cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase see also intermediates