The present invention relates, in general, to an enzyme that degrades oxalic acid. In particular, the invention relates to the enzyme oxalate decarboxylase and to a DNA sequence encoding same. The invention further relates to a recombinant molecule comprising the oxalate decarboxylase encoding sequence and to a host cell transformed therewith. In addition, the invention relates to a method of protecting a plant from the deleterious effects of oxalic acid and to a method of reducing the oxalic acid content of a plant.
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Schomburg, D., & Salzmann, M. (1990). Oxalate decarboxylase. In Enzyme Handbook 1 (pp. 7–9). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86605-0_2
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