Acetolactate decarboxylase catalyses the decarboxylation of both enantiomers of 2-ethyl-2-hydroxy-3-oxobutanoate to isomeric ketois of high optical purity and both enantiomers of α-acetolactate (2-hydroxy-2-methyl-3-oxobutanoate) to acetoin (3-hydroxybutan-2-one) of high optical purity.
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Crout et al. (1988) studied this question.