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... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Lyases > Carbon-Carbon Lyases > Carboxy-Lyases > Tyrosine Decarboxylase

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Tyrosine Decarboxylase  

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  • A pyridoxal-phosphate protein that catalyzes the conversion of L-tyrosine to tyramine and carbon dioxide. The bacterial enzyme also acts on 3-hydroxytyrosine and, more slowly, on 3-hydroxyphenylalanine. (From Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992) EC 4.1.1.25.

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