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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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2017
2017
Saccharomyces cerevisiae produces energy by alcohol fermentation, as well as oxidative phosphorylation. An important component of… 
1994
1994
A positive regulatory genePDC2 required for expression of the enzyme pyruvate decarboxylase (PDC) in the yeastSaccharomyces… 
1991
1991
SummaryTwo yeast strains, Saccharomyces fermentati and S. delbrueckii, have been found that promote acyloin condensation with… 
1989
1989
SummaryBiochemical evidence that pyruvate decarboxylase in S. cerevisiae might be constituted from two independently encoded… 
1982
1982
The assumption that the pyruvate decarboxylase activity of Saccharomyces carlsbergensis is the main limiting factor determining… 
1976
1976
Growth of the fungus Helminthosporium maydis race T in a basal glucose-l-asparagine liquid medium, pH 5, is inhibited by thiamine…