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Ethylmalonyl CoA decarboxylase

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EC number
  
4.1.1.41

Human
  
Mouse

Species
  
Human

Entrez
  
55862

Aliases
  
ECHDC1, HEL-S-76, MMCD, dJ351K20.2, ethylmalonyl-CoA decarboxylase 1

External IDs
  
MGI: 1277169 HomoloGene: 23106 GeneCards: ECHDC1

Ethylmalonyl-CoA decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.94) is an enzyme with systematic name (S)-ethylmalonyl-CoA carboxy-lyase (butanoyl-CoA-forming). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(S)-ethylmalonyl-CoA butanoyl-CoA + CO2

The vertebrate enzyme decarboxylates ethylmalonyl-CoA.

References

Ethylmalonyl-CoA decarboxylase Wikipedia