2-oxoglutarate decarboxylase

In enzymology, a 2-oxoglutarate decarboxylase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction


 * 2-oxoglutarate $$\rightleftharpoons$$ succinate semialdehyde + CO2

Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, 2-oxoglutarate, and two products, succinate semialdehyde 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 2-oxoglutarate carboxy-lyase (succinate-semialdehyde-forming). Other names in common use include oxoglutarate decarboxylase, alpha-ketoglutarate decarboxylase, alpha-ketoglutaric decarboxylase, oxoglutarate decarboxylase, pre-2-oxoglutarate decarboxylase, and 2-oxoglutarate carboxy-lyase. It employs one cofactor, thiamin diphosphate.