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Epimerases and
racemases are
isomerase enzymes that
catalyze the
inversion of
stereochemistry in
biological molecules.
Racemases catalyze the stereochemical...
- α-Methylacyl-CoA
racemase (AMACR, EC 5.1.99.4) is an
enzyme that in
humans is
encoded by the
AMACR gene.
AMACR catalyzes the
following chemical reaction:...
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Serine racemase (SR, EC 5.1.1.18) is the
first racemase enzyme in
human biology to be identified. This
enzyme converts L-serine to its
enantiomer form...
- In enzymology, an
alanine racemase (EC 5.1.1.1) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction L-alanine ⇌{\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } D-alanine...
- In enzymology,
glutamate racemase (MurI with a
capital i) (EC 5.1.1.3) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction L-glutamate ⇌{\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
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specifically those racemases and
epimerases acting on
amino acids and
amino acid derivatives,
including glutamate racemase,
proline racemase, and diaminopimelate...
- In enzymology, an
arginine racemase (EC 5.1.1.9) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction L-arginine ⇌{\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } D-arginine...
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Hydantoin racemase (EC 5.1.99.5, 5'-monosubstituted-hydantoin
racemase, HyuA, HyuE) is an
enzyme with
systematic name D-5-monosubstituted-hydantoin
racemase. This...
- In enzymology, an
ornithine racemase (EC 5.1.1.12) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction: L-ornithine ⇌{\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }...
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category (EC 5.1)
includes (
racemases) and epimerases).
These isomerases invert stereochemistry at the
target chiral carbon.
Racemases act upon
molecules with...