Enzyme Commission Number
EC 4.1.1.1
Product Overview
High-quality enzyme products. Well-defined strains can be also provided for our clients to manufacture fermented products in a cost-effective way.
Features
Ready-to-use product, accelerating research progress, enhancing application performance.
Synonyms
α-carboxylase (ambiguous); pyruvic decarboxylase; α-ketoacid carboxylase; 2-oxo-acid carboxy-lyase
Function
A thiamine-diphosphate protein. Also catalyses acyloin formation.
Applications
Research Use
Source
Thermophillic bacteria
Production Methods
Fermentation
Unit Definition
One unit is defined as the amount of enzyme oxidizing 1 µmol of NADH (ε340=6.22 mM-1 cm-1) per 1 minute using pyruvate as a substrate.
Reaction
a 2-oxo carboxylate = an aldehyde + CO2
Specification
On customer requests