Arginine racemase

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In enzymology, an arginine racemase (EC 5.1.1.9) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

L-arginine D-arginine

Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, L-arginine, and one product, D-arginine.

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 arginine racemase. This enzyme participates in 3 metabolic pathways: lysine degradation, D-glutamine and D-glutamate metabolism, and D-arginine and D-ornithine metabolism. It employs one cofactor, pyridoxal phosphate.

[edit] References

• IUBMB entry for 5.1.1.9
• BRENDA references for 5.1.1.9 (Recommended.)
• PubMed references for 5.1.1.9
• PubMed Central references for 5.1.1.9
• Google Scholar references for 5.1.1.9
• Yorifuji T, Ogata K, Soda K (1969). "Crystalline arginine racemase". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 34: 760–4. doi:10.1016/0006-291X(69)90244-7. PMID 5779761. 

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The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is 37290-94-1.

• IUBMB entry for 5.1.1.9

• KEGG entry for 5.1.1.9

• BRENDA entry for 5.1.1.9

• NiceZyme view of 5.1.1.9

• EC2PDB: PDB structures for 5.1.1.9

• PRIAM entry for 5.1.1.9

• PUMA2 entry for 5.1.1.9

• IntEnz: Integrated Enzyme entry for 5.1.1.9

• MetaCyc entry for 5.1.1.9

• Atomic-resolution structures of enzymes belonging to this class

[edit] Gene Ontology (GO) codes

• EGO entry for GO code 0047679: arginine racemase

• AMIGO entry for GO code 0047679: arginine racemase