Term Name: carboxy-lyase activity
Synonyms: decarboxylase activity
Definition: Catalysis of the nonhydrolytic addition or removal of a carboxyl group to or from a compound.
Ontology: GO: Molecular Function [GO:0016831]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: carbon-carbon lyase activity
has subtype: 2,2-dialkylglycine decarboxylase (pyruvate) activity 2-oxo-4-hydroxy-4-carboxy-5-ureidoimidazoline decarboxylase activity 2-oxoglutarate decarboxylase activity 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetaldehyde synthase activity 3,4-dihydroxyphthalate decarboxylase activity 3-dehydro-L-gulonate-6-phosphate decarboxylase activity 3-hexaprenyl-4-hydroxy-5-methoxybenzoic acid decarboxylase activity 3-hydroxy-2-methylpyridine-4,5-dicarboxylate 4-decarboxylase activity 3-octaprenyl-4-hydroxybenzoate carboxy-lyase activity 3-oxolaurate decarboxylase activity 4,5-dihydroxyphthalate decarboxylase activity 4-(2-carboxyphenyl)-2-oxobut-3-enoate aldolase activity 4-carboxymuconolactone decarboxylase activity 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-5-polyprenylbenzoate decarboxylase activity 4-hydroxybenzoate decarboxylase activity 4-hydroxyphenylacetate decarboxylase activity 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate decarboxylase activity 4-oxalocrotonate decarboxylase activity 5-guanidino-2-oxopentanoate decarboxylase activity 5-oxopent-3-ene-1,2,5-tricarboxylate decarboxylase activity 6-methylsalicylate decarboxylase activity acetoacetate decarboxylase activity acetolactate decarboxylase activity acetylenedicarboxylate decarboxylase activity aconitate decarboxylase activity adenosylmethionine decarboxylase activity aminobenzoate decarboxylase activity aminocarboxymuconate-semialdehyde decarboxylase activity arginine decarboxylase activity aromatic-L-amino-acid decarboxylase activity arylmalonate decarboxylase activity aspartate 1-decarboxylase activity aspartate 4-decarboxylase activity benzoylformate decarboxylase activity branched-chain-2-oxoacid decarboxylase activity carnitine decarboxylase activity cytosylglucuronate decarboxylase activity D-dopachrome decarboxylase activity dehydro-L-gulonate decarboxylase activity diaminobutyrate decarboxylase activity diaminopimelate decarboxylase activity dihydrocamalexic acid decarboxylase activity dihydroxyfumarate decarboxylase activity diphosphomevalonate decarboxylase activity gallate decarboxylase activity gamma-glutamyl carboxylase activity gentisate decarboxylase activity glutaconyl-CoA decarboxylase activity glutamate decarboxylase activity histidine decarboxylase activity hydroxyglutamate decarboxylase activity hydroxypyruvate decarboxylase activity indole-3-glycerol-phosphate synthase activity indolepyruvate decarboxylase activity lysine decarboxylase activity malolactic enzyme activity malonyl-CoA decarboxylase activity methionine decarboxylase activity methyl/ethyl malonyl-CoA decarboxylase activity o-pyrocatechuate decarboxylase activity ornithine decarboxylase activity orotidine-5'-phosphate decarboxylase activity orsellinate decarboxylase activity oxalate decarboxylase activity oxaloacetate decarboxylase activity oxalyl-CoA decarboxylase activity pantothenoylcysteine decarboxylase activity phenyl-phosphate phosphatase/carboxylase activity phenylacetaldehyde synthase activity phenylalanine decarboxylase activity phenylpyruvate decarboxylase activity phosphatidylserine decarboxylase activity phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase activity phosphomevalonate decarboxylase activity phosphonopyruvate decarboxylase activity phosphopantothenoylcysteine decarboxylase activity phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxylase activity protocatechuate decarboxylase activity pyrrole-2-carboxylate decarboxylase activity pyruvate decarboxylase activity ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase activity serine decarboxylase activity stipitatonate decarboxylase activity sulfinoalanine decarboxylase activity sulfopyruvate decarboxylase activity tartrate decarboxylase activity tartronate-semialdehyde synthase activity threonine-phosphate decarboxylase activity tyrosine decarboxylase activity UDP-D-apiose synthase activity UDP-galacturonate decarboxylase activity UDP-glucuronate decarboxylase activity uracil-5-carboxylate decarboxylase activity uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase activity valine decarboxylase activity
inverse has_part: decarboxylation-driven active transmembrane transporter activity L-ornithine catabolic process, by decarboxylation