Maltose epimerase

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In enzymology, a maltose epimerase (EC 5.1.3.21) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

alpha-maltose beta-maltose

Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, alpha-maltose, and one product, beta-maltose.

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 maltose 1-epimerase.

[edit] References

• IUBMB entry for 5.1.3.21
• BRENDA references for 5.1.3.21 (Recommended.)
• PubMed references for 5.1.3.21
• PubMed Central references for 5.1.3.21
• Google Scholar references for 5.1.3.21
• Shirokane Y, Suzuki M (1995). "A novel enzyme, maltose 1-epimerase from Lactobacillus brevis IFO 3345". FEBS. Lett. 367: 177–9. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(95)00524-D. PMID 7796915. 

[edit] External links

The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is 166799-98-0.

• IUBMB entry for 5.1.3.21

• KEGG entry for 5.1.3.21

• BRENDA entry for 5.1.3.21

• NiceZyme view of 5.1.3.21

• EC2PDB: PDB structures for 5.1.3.21

• PRIAM entry for 5.1.3.21

• PUMA2 entry for 5.1.3.21

• IntEnz: Integrated Enzyme entry for 5.1.3.21

• MetaCyc entry for 5.1.3.21

• Atomic-resolution structures of enzymes belonging to this class

[edit] Gene Ontology (GO) codes

• EGO entry for GO code 0050558: maltose epimerase

• AMIGO entry for GO code 0050558: maltose epimerase