N-acylglucosamine-6-phosphate 2-epimerase

Template:Infobox enzyme In enzymology, a N-acylglucosamine-6-phosphate 2-epimerase (Template:EnzExplorer) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

N-acyl-D-glucosamine 6-phosphate $\rightleftharpoons$ N-acyl-D-mannosamine 6-phosphate

Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, N-acyl-D-glucosamine 6-phosphate, and one product, N-acyl-D-mannosamine 6-phosphate.

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 N-acyl-D-glucosamine-6-phosphate 2-epimerase. Other names in common use include acylglucosamine-6-phosphate 2-epimerase, and acylglucosamine phosphate 2-epimerase. This enzyme participates in aminosugars metabolism.

Structural studies

As of late 2007, two structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes Template:PDB link and Template:PDB link.

References

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