Mandelate racemase (EC 5.1.2.2) is a bacterial enzyme which catalyzes the interconversion of the enantiomers of mandelate via an enol intermediate.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
| Mandelate racemase | |||||||||
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 mandelate racemase octamer, Pseudomonas putida | |||||||||
| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 5.1.2.2 | ||||||||
| CAS no. | 2602087 | ||||||||
| Databases | |||||||||
| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
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- (S)-mandelate (R)-mandelate
It is a member of the enolase superfamily of enzymes, along with muconate lactonizing enzyme and enolase.
References
edit- ^ Gunsalus CF, Stanier RY, Gunsalus IC (November 1953). "The enzymatic conversion of mandelic acid to benzoic acid. III. Fractionation and properties of the soluble enzymes". Journal of Bacteriology. 66 (5): 548–53. doi:10.1128/jb.66.5.548-553.1953. PMC 317432. PMID 13108854.
External links
edit- mandelate+racemase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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