N-acylglucosamine 2-epimerase
Template:Infobox enzyme In enzymology, a N-acylglucosamine 2-epimerase (Template:EnzExplorer) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
- N-acyl-D-glucosamine N-acyl-D-mannosamine
Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, N-acyl-D-glucosamine, and one product, N-acyl-D-mannosamine.
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 2-epimerase. Other names in common use include acylglucosamine 2-epimerase, and N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase. This enzyme participates in aminosugars metabolism. It employs one cofactor, ATP.
Structural studies
As of late 2019, three structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with the PDB accession codes Template:PDB link, Template:PDB link, and Template:PDB link. They show that the N-acylglucosamine 2-epimerase monomer folds as a barrel composed of α-helices, in a manner known as (α/α)6-barrel. The structures are presented as dimers, with the structures from Sus scrofa and Anabaena sp. CH1 having a different organization than the structure from Nostoc sp. KJV10.
References
Template:Racemases and epimerases Template:Enzymes Template:Portal bar