Protein-serine epimerase

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In enzymology, a protein-serine epimerase (EC 5.1.1.16) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

[protein]-L-serine \rightleftharpoons [protein]-D-serine

Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, [[[protein]-L-serine]], and one product, [[[protein]-D-serine]].

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 [protein]-serine epimerase. This enzyme is also called protein-serine racemase.

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[edit] Structural studies

As of late 2007, only one structure has been solved for this class of enzymes, with the PDB accession code 1WTC.

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The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is 169592-52-3.

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