pyruvate [CPD:C00022];
NH3 [CPD:C00014];
CO2 [CPD:C00011];
2-aminoprop-2-enoate [CPD:C02218];
2-iminopropanoate [CPD:C20904]
Comment
A pyridoxal-phosphate protein. The enzyme cleaves a carbon-oxygen bond, releasing CO2, ammonia, and an unstable enamine product that tautomerizes to an imine form, which undergoes a hydrolytic deamination to form pyruvate and a second ammonia molecule. The latter reaction, which can occur spontaneously, can also be catalysed by EC 3.5.99.10, 2-iminobutanoate/2-iminopropanoate deaminase.