- Ornithine racemase
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ornithine racemase Identifiers EC number 5.1.1.12 CAS number 62213-28-9 Databases IntEnz IntEnz view BRENDA BRENDA entry ExPASy NiceZyme view KEGG KEGG entry MetaCyc metabolic pathway PRIAM profile PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum Gene Ontology AmiGO / EGO Search PMC articles PubMed articles In enzymology, an ornithine racemase (EC 5.1.1.12) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
- L-ornithine D-ornithine
Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, L-ornithine, and one product, D-ornithine.
This enzyme belongs to the family of isomerases, specifically those racemases and epimerases acting on amino acids and derivatives. The systematic name of this enzyme class is ornithine racemase. This enzyme participates in d-arginine and d-ornithine metabolism.
References
- Chen HP, Lin CF, Lee YJ, Tsay SS, Wu SH (2000). "Purification and properties of ornithine racemase from Clostridium sticklandii". J. Bacteriol. 182 (7): 2052–4. doi:10.1128/JB.182.7.2052-2054.2000. PMC 101933. PMID 10715017. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=101933.
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