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EC 5.1.1.17     
Accepted name: isopenicillin-N epimerase
Reaction: isopenicillin N = penicillin N
For diagram of penicillin-N and deacetoxycephalosporin-C biosynthesis, click here
Systematic name: penicillin-N 5-amino-5-carboxypentanoyl-epimerase
Comments: This enzyme contains pyridoxal phosphate. Epimerization at C-5 of the 5-amino-5-carboxypentanoyl group to form penicillin N is required to make a substrate for EC 1.14.20.1, deactoxycephalosporin-C synthase, to produce cephalosporins. Forms part of the penicillin biosynthesis pathway (for pathway, click here).
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 88201-43-8
References:
1.  Usui, S. and Yu, C.-A. Purification and properties of isopenicillin-N epimerase from Streptomyces clavuligerus. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 999 (1989) 78–85. [DOI] [PMID: 2804141]
2.  Laiz, L., Liras, P., Castro, J.M. and Martín, J.F. Purification and characterization of the isopenicillin-N epimerase from Nocardia lactamdurans. J. Gen. Microbiol. 136 (1990) 663–671.
3.  Cantwell, C., Beckmann, R., Whiteman, P., Queener, S.W. and Abraham, E.P. Isolation of deacetoxycephalosporin-c from fermentation broths of Penicillium chrysogenum transformants - construction of a new fungal biosynthetic-pathway. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B Biol. Sci. 248 (1992) 283–289. [DOI] [PMID: 1354366]
4.  Yeh, W.K., Ghag, S.K. and Queener, S.W. Enzymes for epimerization of isopenicillin N, ring expansion of penicillin N, and 3′-hydroxylation of deacetoxycephalosporin C. Function, evolution, refolding, and enzyme engineering. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 672 (1992) 396–408.
[EC 5.1.1.17 created 2002]
 
 


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