ENTRY       EC 4.1.1.25
NAME        Tyrosine decarboxylase
CLASS       Lyases
            Carbon-carbon lyases
            Carboxy-lyases
SYSNAME     L-Tyrosine carboxy-lyase
REACTION    L-Tyrosine = Tyramine + CO2
SUBSTRATE   L-Tyrosine
PRODUCT     Tyramine
            CO2
COFACTOR    Pyridoxal phosphate
COMMENT     A pyridoxal-phosphate protein. The bacterial enzyme also acts on
            3-hydroxytyrosine and, more slowly, on 3-hydroxyphenylalanine.
PATHWAY     PATH: MAP00350  Tyrosine metabolism
MOTIF       PS: PS00392  S-[LIVMFYW]-x(5)-K-[LIVMFYWG](2)-x(3)-[LIVMFYW]-x-[CA]-
                         x(2)-[LIVMFYW]-x(2)-[RK]
DBLINKS     University of Geneva ENZYME DATA BANK: 4.1.1.25
            WIT (What Is There) Metabolic Reconstruction: 4.1.1.25
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