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Literature summary for 4.1.1.1 extracted from

  • Yun, H.; Kim, B.
    Enzymatic production of (R)-phenylacetylcarbinol by pyruvate decarboxylase from Zymomonas mobilis (2008), Biotechnol. Bioprocess Eng., 13, 372-376.
No PubMed abstract available

Cloned(Commentary)

Cloned (Comment) Organism
expressed in Escherichia coli strain BL21 Zymomonas mobilis

Protein Variants

Protein Variants Comment Organism
W329M the carboligase activity of the mutant is 2.8% as high as the decarboxylase activity which is about 10fold higher than the wild type enzyme Zymomonas mobilis

Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
benzaldehyde after a 20 h incubation with 30 mM benzaldehyde, the residual activity is 84% of the initial activity, enzyme stability dramatically decreases in the presence of 200 mM benzaldehyde (27% residual activity after 3 h incubation) Zymomonas mobilis

Metals/Ions

Metals/Ions Comment Organism Structure
Mg2+ required for activity Zymomonas mobilis

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Zymomonas mobilis
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-
-

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
benzaldehyde + pyruvate
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Zymomonas mobilis (1R)-phenylacetylcarbinol + CO2
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ir
pyruvate
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Zymomonas mobilis acetaldehyde + CO2
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ir

Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
PDC
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Zymomonas mobilis

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
5.5
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for decarboxylation Zymomonas mobilis
6.5
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for carboligation Zymomonas mobilis

Cofactor

Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
thiamine diphosphate
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Zymomonas mobilis