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... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Lyases > Carbon-Carbon Lyases > Carboxy-Lyases > Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase

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Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase  

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Note

  • do not confuse with PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (ATP) or PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP)

Scope note

  • An enzyme with high affinity for carbon dioxide. It catalyzes irreversibly the formation of oxaloacetate from phosphoenolpyruvate and carbon dioxide. This fixation of carbon dioxide in several bacteria and some plants is the first step in the biosynthesis of glucose. EC 4.1.1.31.

History note

  • 91(79); was see under CARBOXY-LYASES 1979-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D010730

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