ENTRY       EC 4.1.1.20
NAME        Diaminopimelate decarboxylase
CLASS       Lyases
            Carbon-carbon lyases
            Carboxy-lyases
SYSNAME     meso-2,6-Diaminoheptanedioate carboxy-lyase
REACTION    meso-2,6-Diaminoheptanedioate = L-Lysine + CO2
SUBSTRATE   meso-2,6-Diaminoheptanedioate
PRODUCT     L-Lysine
            CO2
COFACTOR    Pyridoxal phosphate
COMMENT     A pyridoxal-phosphate protein.
PATHWAY     PATH: MAP00300  Lysine biosynthesis
MOTIF       PS: PS00878  [FY]-[PA]-x-K-[SACV]-x(5)-[LIVM]-[LIVMA]-x(2)-[LIVMA]-
                         x(3)-G
            PS: PS00879  [LIVMSC]-x(2)-[LIVMF]-[DNS]-[LIVMCA]-G-G-G-[LIVMFY]-
                         x(0,1)-[GSF]
GENES       MJA: MJ1097(lysA)
            MTH: MTH1335
            ECO: b2838(lysA)
            HIN: HI0727(lysA)
            HPY: HP0290(lysA)
            BSU: lysA(Lys)
            SYN: sll0504(lysA)
DBLINKS     University of Geneva ENZYME DATA BANK: 4.1.1.20
            WIT (What Is There) Metabolic Reconstruction: 4.1.1.20
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