Indole-3-carboxylate decarboxylase explained

Indole-3-carboxylate decarboxylase is an enzyme with systematic name indole-3-carboxylate carboxy-lyase.^[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

indole-3-carboxylate

indole + CO₂

This enzyme is activated by Zn²⁺, Mn²⁺ or Mg²⁺.

Notes and References

1. Yoshida T, Fujita K, Nagasawa T . Novel reversible indole-3-carboxylate decarboxylase catalyzing nonoxidative decarboxylation . Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry . 66 . 11 . 2388–94 . November 2002 . 12506977 . 10.1271/bbb.66.2388 . free .