Cystathionine gamma-lyase This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Cystathionine_gamma-lyase".
Cystathionine gamma-lyase (or cystathionase) is an enzyme which breaks down cystathionine into cysteine and α-ketobutyrate. Pyridoxal phosphate is a prosthetic group of this enzyme.
An deficiency is associated with cystathioninuria.