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Oxidative decarboxylation

Removal of carbon dioxide from a carboxylic acid that is facilitated by oxidation of the α-carbon (α-oxidative decarboxylation, e.g. the pyruvate dehydrogenase reaction) or the β-carbon (β-oxidative decarboxylation, e.g. the isocitrate dehydrogenase reaction).

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