Ornithine racemase

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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.

[edit] References

• IUBMB entry for 5.1.1.12
• BRENDA references for 5.1.1.12 (Recommended.)
• PubMed references for 5.1.1.12
• PubMed Central references for 5.1.1.12
• Google Scholar references for 5.1.1.12
• Chen HP, Lin CF, Lee YJ, Tsay SS, Wu SH (2000). "Purification and properties of ornithine racemase from Clostridium sticklandii". J. Bacteriol. 182: 2052–4. doi:10.1128/JB.182.7.2052-2054.2000. PMID 10715017. 

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The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is 62213-28-9.

• IUBMB entry for 5.1.1.12

• KEGG entry for 5.1.1.12

• BRENDA entry for 5.1.1.12

• NiceZyme view of 5.1.1.12

• EC2PDB: PDB structures for 5.1.1.12

• PRIAM entry for 5.1.1.12

• PUMA2 entry for 5.1.1.12

• IntEnz: Integrated Enzyme entry for 5.1.1.12

• MetaCyc entry for 5.1.1.12

• Atomic-resolution structures of enzymes belonging to this class

[edit] Gene Ontology (GO) codes

• EGO entry for GO code 0050157: ornithine racemase

• AMIGO entry for GO code 0050157: ornithine racemase