Medical Definition of Tyrosine decarboxylase
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A pyridoxal-phosphate protein that catalyses the conversion of l-tyrosine to tyramine and carbon dioxide. The bacterial enzyme also acts on 3-hydroxytyrosine and, more slowly, on 3-hydroxyphenylalanine.
Chemical name: L-Tyrosine carboxy-lyase
Registry number: EC 4.1.1.25
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tyrosine Decarboxylase
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