IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 4.1.1.60

Accepted name: stipitatonate decarboxylase

Reaction: stipitatonate = stipitatate + CO2

Glossary: stipitatonate = 4,7-dihydroxy-1H-cyclohepta[c]furan-1,3,6-trione
stipitatate = 3,6-dihydroxy-5-oxocyclohepta-1,3,6-triene-1-carboxylate

Other name(s): stipitatonate carboxy-lyase (decyclizing); stipitatonate carboxy-lyase (decyclizing, stipitatate-forming)

Systematic name: stipitatonate carboxy-lyase (ring-opening, stipitatate-forming)

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 37290-52-1

References:

1. Bentley, R. and Thiessen, C.P. Biosynthesis of tropolones in Penicillium stipitatum. V. Preparation and properties of stipitatonic acid decarboxylase. J. Biol. Chem. 238 (1963) 3811-3816.

[EC 4.1.1.60 created 1972]


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