UDP-glucosamine 4-epimerase

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 UDP-glucosamine 4-epimerase.

References

MALEY F, MALEY GF (1959). "The enzymic conversion of glucosamine to galactosamine". Biochim. Biophys. Acta 31 (2): 577–8. doi:10.1016/0006-3002(59)90047-2. PMID 13628700.
Silbert JE and Brown DH (1961). "Enzymic synthesis of uridine diphosphate glucosamine and heparin from [14C]glucosamine by a mouse mast-cell tumor". Biochim. Biophys. Acta 54 (3): 590–592. doi:10.1016/0006-3002(61)90105-6.

Isomerases: Epimerase and racemases (EC 5.1)

5.1.1: Amino acids	Amino-acid racemase: Phenylalanine racemase (ATP-hydrolysing) Serine racemase

5.1.2: Hydroxy acids	Mandelate racemase

5.1.3: Carbohydrates	UDP-glucose 4-epimerase

5.1.99: Other	Methylmalonyl CoA epimerase

Enzymes

Activity	Active site Binding site Catalytic triad Oxyanion hole Enzyme promiscuity Catalytically perfect enzyme Coenzyme Cofactor Enzyme catalysis Enzyme kinetics Lineweaver–Burk plot Michaelis–Menten kinetics

Regulation	Allosteric regulation Cooperativity Enzyme inhibitor

Classification	EC number Enzyme superfamily Enzyme family List of enzymes

Types	EC1 Oxidoreductases(list) EC2 Transferases(list) EC3 Hydrolases(list) EC4 Lyases(list) EC5 Isomerases(list) EC6 Ligases(list)

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