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Accession
GO:0003984
Name
acetolactate synthase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
acetohydroxy acid synthetase activity, acetohydroxyacid synthase activity, acetolactate pyruvate-lyase (carboxylating) activity, acetolactic synthetase activity, alpha-acetohydroxy acid synthetase activity, alpha-acetohydroxyacid synthase activity, alpha-acetolactate synthase activity, alpha-acetolactate synthetase activity, pyruvate:pyruvate acetaldehydetransferase (decarboxylating)
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: 2 pyruvate = 2-acetolactate + CO2. Source: RHEA:25249
Comment
Note that this function was formerly EC:4.1.3.18.
History
See term history for GO:0003984 at QuickGO
Chem. react.
has participant pyruvate
has participant hydron
has participant (2S)-2-hydroxy-2-methyl-3-oxobutanoate
has participant carbon dioxide
Subset
None
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Parents of acetolactate synthase activity (GO:0003984)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
acetolactate synthase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  pyruvate (CHEBI:15361)
acetolactate synthase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  hydron (CHEBI:15378)
acetolactate synthase activity [is_a relation] is_a  transketolase or transaldolase activity (GO:0016744)
acetolactate synthase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  (2S)-2-hydroxy-2-methyl-3-oxobutanoate (CHEBI:58476)
acetolactate synthase activity [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  carbon dioxide (CHEBI:16526)
Children of acetolactate synthase activity (GO:0003984)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
valine biosynthetic process (GO:0009099) [BFO:0000051 relation] BFO:0000051  acetolactate synthase activity
glycolytic fermentation to butanediol (GO:0019650) [BFO:0000051 relation] BFO:0000051  acetolactate synthase activity
acetolactate synthase regulator activity (GO:1990610) [RO:0002578 relation] RO:0002578  acetolactate synthase activity
acetolactate synthase complex (GO:0005948) [RO:0002215 relation] RO:0002215  acetolactate synthase activity
EC
2.2.1.6
MetaCyc
ACETOLACTSYN-RXN
RHEA
25249