Arylmalonate decarboxylase
In enzymology, an arylmalonate decarboxylase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, 2-aryl-2-methylmalonate, and two products, 2-arylpropanoate and CO2.
This enzyme belongs to the family of lyases, specifically the carboxy-lyases, which cleave carbon-carbon bonds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is 2-aryl-2-methylmalonate carboxy-lyase . Other names in common use include AMDASE, 2-aryl-2-methylmalonate carboxy-lyase, and 2-aryl-2-methylmalonate carboxy-lyase .As of late 2007, only one structure has been solved for this class of enzymes, with the PDB accession code.
