page_title: Benzoylformate decarboxylase
hierarchical_section_title: Benzoylformate decarboxylase
caption_attribution_description: English: Benzoylformate decarboxlyase tetramer + 4 thiamin thiazolone diP (green-red-blue) + 4 Ca (orange) + 4 Na (l.blue) + 8 glycerol (white-red), Pseudomonas putida
context_page_description: In enzymology, a benzoylformate decarboxylase is an enzyme that catalyzes the following chemical reaction:
  benzoylformate + H⁺ benzaldehyde + CO₂
  Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, benzoylformate, and two products, benzaldehyde 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 benzoylformate carboxy-lyase. Other names in common use include phenylglyoxylate decarboxylase, and benzoylformate carboxy-lyase. This enzyme participates in benzoate degradation via hydroxylation and toluene and xylene degradation. It employs one cofactor, thiamin diphosphate.
context_section_description: In enzymology, a benzoylformate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.7) is an enzyme that catalyzes the following chemical reaction:
  benzoylformate +  H⁺   benzaldehyde + CO₂
  Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, benzoylformate, and two products, benzaldehyde 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 benzoylformate carboxy-lyase (benzaldehyde-forming). Other names in common use include phenylglyoxylate decarboxylase, and benzoylformate carboxy-lyase.  This enzyme participates in benzoate degradation via hydroxylation and toluene and xylene degradation.  It employs one cofactor, thiamin diphosphate.
caption: Benzoylformate decarboxlyase tetramer, Pseudomonas putida
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