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5.1.2.6

Accepted name:

isocitrate epimerase

Reaction:

(1R,2S)-1-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylate = (1S,2S)-1-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylate

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Glossary:

isocitrate = (1R,2S)-1-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylate = threo-D_s-isocitrate
allocitrate = (1S,2S)-1-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylate = D-erythro-isocitrate

Systematic name:

(1R,2S)-1-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylate 1-epimerase

Comments:

(1R,2S)-1-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylate is the commonly occurring isomer of isocitrate.

Links to other databases:

BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 81210-68-6

References:

1.	Hoshiko, S., Kunimoto, Y., Arima, K. and Beppu, T. Mechanism of L-alloisocitric acid fermentation: isocitrate epimerase activity in the cell-free-extract of Penicillium purpurogenum. Agric. Biol. Chem. 46 (1982) 143–151.

[EC 5.1.2.6 created 1984]