Alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase

In enzymology, an alpha-methylacyl-CoA racemase (EC number|5.1.99.4) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

:(2S)-2-methylacyl-CoA $ightleftharpoons$ (2R)-2-methylacyl-CoA

Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, (2S)-2-methylacyl-CoA, and one product, (2R)-2-methylacyl-CoA.

This enzyme belongs to the family of isomerases, specifically those racemases and epimerases acting on other compounds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is 2-methylacyl-CoA 2-epimerase.

tructural studies

As of late 2007, 7 structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes PDB link|1X74, PDB link|2G04, PDB link|2GCE, PDB link|2GCI, PDB link|2GD0, PDB link|2GD2, and PDB link|2GD6.

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External links

::"The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is CAS registry|156681-44-6."

Gene Ontology (GO) codes