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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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2013
2013
Pyruvate decarboxylase activity is regulated by the Ser/Thr protein phosphatase Sit4p in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Deletion of SIT4 phosphatase decreased the pyruvate decarboxylase activity, which is essential for directing the glucose flux to… Expand
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
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… Expand
2004
2004
A deletion of the PDC1 gene for pyruvate decarboxylase of yeast causes a different phenotype than previously isolated point mutations
SummaryWe deleted most of the pyruvate decarboxylase structural gene PDC1 from the genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae… Expand
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
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… Expand
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Characterization of PDC6, a third structural gene for pyruvate decarboxylase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
  • S. Hohmann
  • Journal of bacteriology
  • 1991
    • Corpus ID: 7323168
Pyruvate decarboxylase is the key enzyme in alcoholic fermentation in yeast. Two structural genes, PDC1 and PDC5 have been… Expand
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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
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… Expand
1982
1982
Effect of pyruvate decarboxylase activity and of pyruvate concentration on the production of 1-hydroxy-1-phenylpropanone in Saccharomyces carlsbergensis.
The assumption that the pyruvate decarboxylase activity of Saccharomyces carlsbergensis is the main limiting factor determining… Expand
1967
1967
Effect of ascorbic acid & thiamine on pyruvate decarboxylase activity of Lactobacillus fermenti-36.
 
1967
1967
Effect of ascorbic acid & thiamine on pyruvate decarboxylase activity of Lactobacillus fermenti-36.
 
1954
1954
The disappearance of pyruvic decarboxylase and alpha-ketoglutaric decarboxylase from pigeon muscles on thiamine deficient diets.
  • C. H. Monfoort
  • Archives internationales de physiologie et de…
  • 1954
    • Corpus ID: 37144805
In homogenates of breast muscle and heart muscle acetoin and succinic semialdehyde are final products of the anaerobic metabolism… Expand
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