MeSH note : yields 2-hydroxyhepta-2,4-diene-1,7-dioate; exists as a bifunctional enzyme with 2-hydroxyhepta-2,4-diene-1,7-dioate
isomerase in the homoprotocatechuate degradative pathway of E coli;
MeSH synonym : 5-COHED decarboxylase; 5-carboxymethyl-2-oxo-hex-3-ene-1,6-dioate decarboxylase; OPET decarboxylase;