EC 4.1.1.108

Reaction: L-tyrosine + O₂ + H₂O = (4-hydroxyphenyl)acetaldehyde + CO₂ + NH₃ + H₂O₂

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Other name(s): TYRDC-2 (gene name)

Systematic name: L-tyrosine carboxy-lyase (oxidative-deaminating)

Comments: A pyridoxal 5'-phosphate protein. The enzyme, isolated from the the plant Petroselinum crispum (parsley), catalyses the production of 4-hydroxyphenylacetaldehyde directly from L-tyrosine. Tyramine is not formed as an intermediate. The enzyme has a low activity with L-dopa (cf. EC 4.1.1.107, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde synthase).

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References:

1. Torrens-Spence, M.P., Gillaspy, G., Zhao, B., Harich, K., White, R.H. and Li, J. Biochemical evaluation of a parsley tyrosine decarboxylase results in a novel 4-hydroxyphenylacetaldehyde synthase enzyme. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 418 (2012) 211-216. [PMID: 22266321]

2. Torrens-Spence, M.P., Liu, P., Ding, H., Harich, K., Gillaspy, G. and Li, J. Biochemical evaluation of the decarboxylation and decarboxylation-deamination activities of plant aromatic amino acid decarboxylases. J. Biol. Chem. 288 (2013) 2376-2387. [PMID: 23204519]