Minor isoform of pyruvate decarboxylase; key enzyme in alcoholic fermentation, decarboxylates pyruvate to acetaldehyde, regulation is glucose- and ethanol-dependent, repressed by thiamine, involved in amino acid catabolism [Source:SGD;Acc:S000004124]
Chromosome XII: 410,723-412,414 forward strand.
R64-1-1:BK006945.2
This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant), 200 orthologues and 5 paralogues.