Tags: Enzyme.
In enzymology an o-pyrocatechuate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.46) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction23-dihydroxybenzoate catechol + CO2Hence this enzyme has one substrate 23-dihydroxybenzoate and two products catechol 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 23-dihydroxybenzoate carboxy-lyase (catechol-forming).