cysteine sulfinate decarboxylase (sulfinoalanine decarboxylase, cysteine-sulfinic acid decarboxylase, CSAD, CSD)

Function

• taurine biosynthesis

Cofactor: pyridoxal phosphate

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=2

Comparative biology

• may be 2 forms in rat brain

More general terms

• carboxy-lyase or decarboxylase

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q9Y600.html