4(or 2)-aminobenzoate $rightleftharpoons$ aniline + CO₂

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are 4-aminobenzoate and 2-aminobenzoate, whereas its two products are aniline 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 aminobenzoate carboxy-lyase (aniline-forming). It employs one cofactor, pyridoxal phosphate.

References

• McCullough WG, Piligian JT and Daniel IJ "Enzymatic decarboxylation of three aminobenzoates". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 79 628–630.

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The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is .

Gene Ontology (GO) codes