CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Lyase, Ornithine Decarboxylase; Chain A, domain 1
Functional Family Alanine racemase

Enzyme Information

5.1.1.1
Alanine racemase.
based on mapping to UniProt P10724
L-alanine = D-alanine.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P10724
ALR_GEOSE
Geobacillus stearothermophilus
Alanine racemase

PDB Structure

PDB 1L6G
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Reaction mechanism of alanine racemase from Bacillus stearothermophilus: x-ray crystallographic studies of the enzyme bound with N-(5'-phosphopyridoxyl)alanine.
Watanabe, A., Yoshimura, T., Mikami, B., Hayashi, H., Kagamiyama, H., Esaki, N.
J.Biol.Chem.