3-[(4R)-4-hydroxycyclohexa-1,5-dien-1-yl]-2-oxopropanoate [CPD:C20953];
CO2 [CPD:C00011]
Comment
The enzyme, characterized from the bacterium Bacillus subtilis, is involved in the biosynthesis of the nonribosomally synthesized dipeptide antibiotic bacilysin, composed of L-alanine and L-anticapsin. The enzyme isomerizes only the pro-R double bond in prephenate.
Prephenate decarboxylases: a new prephenate-utilizing enzyme family that performs nonaromatizing decarboxylation en route to diverse secondary metabolites.