Purification and characterization of an inducible p-coumaric acid decarboxylase from Lactobacillus plantarum

Abstract Lactobacillus plantarum cells displayed substrate-inducible decarboxylase activities on p-coumaric and ferulic acids of 0.6 and 0.01 μmol min−1 mg−1, respectively. Activity in uninduced cells or corresponding cell extracts was undetectable (