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EC | 5.1.3.37 | ||||||||||||
Accepted name: | mannuronan 5-epimerase | ||||||||||||
Reaction: | [mannuronan]-β-D-mannuronate = [alginate]-α-L-guluronate | ||||||||||||
Glossary: | mannuronan = a linear polymer of β-D-mannuronate residues linked by (1-4) linkages alginate = a linear polymer of β-D-mannuronate residues linked by (1-4) linkages, with variable amounts of its C-5 epimer α-L-guluronate. |
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Other name(s): | algG (gene name); alginate epimerase; C5-mannuronan epimerase; mannuronan C-5-epimerase | ||||||||||||
Systematic name: | [mannuronan]-β-D-mannuronate 5-epimerase | ||||||||||||
Comments: | The enzyme epimerizes the C-5 bond in some β-D-mannuronate residues in mannuronan, converting them to α-L-guluronate residues, and thus modifying the mannuronan into alginate. It is found in brown algae and alginate-producing bacterial species from the Pseudomonas and Azotobacter genera. | ||||||||||||
Links to other databases: | BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB | ||||||||||||
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