Tags: Enzyme.
In enzymology a benzoylformate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.7) is an enzyme that catalyzes the following chemical reaction:benzoylformate + H+ benzaldehyde + CO2Hence this enzyme has one substrate benzoylformate and two products benzaldehyde 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 benzoylformate carboxy-lyase (benzaldehyde-forming).