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pyruvate decarboxylase activity

Known as: alpha-ketoacid carboxylase activity, alpha-carboxylase activity, pyruvic decarboxylase activity 
Catalysis of the reaction: a 2-oxo acid = an aldehyde + CO2. [EC:4.1.1.1]
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1967-2017
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2008
2008
Overexpression of pyruvate decarboxylase in the yeast Hansenula polymorpha results in increased ethanol yield in high-temperature fermentation of xylose.
Improvement of xylose fermentation is of great importance to the fuel ethanol industry. The nonconventional thermotolerant yeast… (More)
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2004
2004
Biotransformation of unsaturated aldehydes by microorganisms with pyruvate decarboxylase activity
Two yeast strains, Saccharomyces fermentati and S. delbrueckii, have been found that promote acyloin condensation with yields… (More)
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2002
2002
Transient releases of acetaldehyde from tree leaves−products of a pyruvate overflow mechanism?
Emissions of acetaldehyde from tree leaves were investigated by proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS), a technique… (More)
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1997
1997
Pyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase from the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Pyrococcus furiosus, functions as a CoA-dependent pyruvate decarboxylase.
Pyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase (POR) has been previously purified from the hyperthermophilic archaeon, Pyrococcus furiosus… (More)
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1996
1996
The 'petite-negative' yeast Kluyveromyces lactis has a single gene expressing pyruvate decarboxylase activity.
We cloned and sequenced the pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC; EC 4.1.1.1) structural gene KIPDCA in the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis and… (More)
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Characterization of PDC6, a third structural gene for pyruvate decarboxylase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Pyruvate decarboxylase is the key enzyme in alcoholic fermentation in yeast. Two structural genes, PDC1 and PDC5 have been… (More)
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1990
1990
Autoregulation may control the expression of yeast pyruvate decarboxylase structural genes PDC1 and PDC5.
Recently we deleted the pyruvate decarboxylase structural gene PDC1 from the genome of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The… (More)
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1982
1982
Genetic analysis of the pyruvate decarboxylase reaction in yeast glycolysis.
Six different pyruvate decarboxylase mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae were isolated. They belong to two unlinked… (More)
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1975
1975
Absence of pyruvate decarboxylase activity in man: a cause of congenital lactic acidosis.
A complete deficiency in the pyruvate dehydrogenase system activity contributed to the death of a 6-month-old infant with… (More)
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1970
1970
A defect in pyruvate decarboxylase in a child with an intermittent movement disorder.
A patient with an intermittent movement disorder has been found to have an inherited defect in pyruvate decarboxylase ((2-oxo… (More)
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