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Literature summary for 4.1.1.1 extracted from

  • Mucke, U.; Koenig, S.; Huebner, G.
    Purification and characterisation of pyruvate decarboxylase from pea seeds (Pisum sativum cv. Miko) (1995), Biol. Chem. Hoppe-Seyler, 376, 111-117.
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Activating Compound

Activating Compound Comment Organism Structure
Pyruvamide activates Pisum sativum

General Stability

General Stability Organism
Mg2+ and thiamin diphosphate stabilize Pisum sativum
not sensitive to low ionic strength, 10 mM buffer Pisum sativum
not stabilized by addition of ammonium sulfate Pisum sativum

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
additional information Pisum sativum key enzyme in ethanol formation ?
-
?
additional information Pisum sativum key enzyme in alcoholic fermentation ?
-
?

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Pisum sativum
-
cv. Miko
-

Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
-
Pisum sativum

Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
seed
-
Pisum sativum
-

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
additional information
-
-
Pisum sativum

Storage Stability

Storage Stability Organism
-20°C or -80°C, pH 6.0, 1 mM thiamine diphosphate, 1 mM MgSO4, minimum protein concentration 0.2 mg/ml, stable for several months Pisum sativum

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
additional information key enzyme in ethanol formation Pisum sativum ?
-
?
additional information key enzyme in alcoholic fermentation Pisum sativum ?
-
?
pyruvate
-
Pisum sativum acetaldehyde + CO2
-
?

Subunits

Subunits Comment Organism
? 2 protein bands detected in SDS-PAGE: 65000 and 68000, the enzyme exists as a mixture of tetramers, octamers and higher oligomers Pisum sativum

pH Stability

pH Stability pH Stability Maximum Comment Organism
6
-
maximal stability Pisum sativum