acetolactate decarboxylase activity

Known as: (S)-2-hydroxy-2-methyl-3-oxobutanoate carboxy-lyase activity, alpha-acetolactate decarboxylase activity

Catalysis of the reaction: (S)-2-hydroxy-2-methyl-3-oxobutanoate = (R)-2-acetoin + CO2. [EC:4.1.1.5, MetaCyc:ACETOLACTATE-DECARBOXYLASE-RXN]

National Institutes of Health

1988-1999

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2000

A genomic library of B. licheniformis AS10106 that contained the alpha-acetolactate decarboxylase gene(alpha-ALDC) was… (More)

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1999

The pyruvate metabolism of a Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis biovar diacetylactis mutant deficient in alpha-acetolactate… (More)

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1996

Diacetyl is an important food flavor compound produced by certain strains of citrate-metabolizing lactic acid bacteria. Citrate… (More)

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1991

A bacterial gene encoding alpha-acetolactate decarboxylase, isolated from Klebsiella terrigena or Enterobacter aerogenes, was… (More)

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1990

An integration plasmid, pIARL28, containing the ribosomal DNA gene as a homologous recombination sequence was constructed for… (More)

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1988

The nucleotide sequence of a 1.4-kilobase DNA fragment containing the alpha-acetolactate decarboxylase gene of Enterobacter… (More)

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