Biology:UDP-glucuronate 4-epimerase
| UDP-glucuronate 4-epimerase | |||||||||
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| EC number | 5.1.3.6 | ||||||||
| CAS number | 9024-17-3 | ||||||||
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| 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 / QuickGO | ||||||||
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In enzymology, an UDP-glucuronate 4-epimerase (EC 5.1.3.6) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
- UDP-glucuronate [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] UDP-D-galacturonate
Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, UDP-glucuronate, and one product, UDP-D-galacturonate.
This enzyme belongs to the family of isomerases, specifically those racemases and epimerases acting on carbohydrates and derivatives. The systematic name of this enzyme class is UDP-glucuronate 4-epimerase. Other names in common use include uridine diphospho-D-galacturonic acid, UDP glucuronic epimerase, uridine diphosphoglucuronic epimerase, UDP-galacturonate 4-epimerase, uridine diphosphoglucuronate epimerase, and UDP-D-galacturonic acid 4-epimerase. This enzyme participates in starch and sucrose metabolism and nucleotide sugars metabolism.
References
- "The 4-epimerization and decarboxylation of uridine diphosphate D-glucuronic acid by extracts from Phaseolus aureus seedlings". J. Biol. Chem. 235 (4): 910–3. 1960. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)69449-9. PMID 13821949.
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