CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Glycogen Phosphorylase B;
Functional Family UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase

Enzyme Information

5.1.3.14
UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase (non-hydrolyzing).
based on mapping to UniProt P39131
UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine = UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-mannosamine.
-!- This bacterial enzyme catalyzes the reversible interconversion of UDP-GlcNAc and UDP-ManNAc. -!- The latter is used in a variety of bacterial polysaccharide biosyntheses. -!- Cf. EC 3.2.1.183.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P39131
MNAA_BACSU
Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis str. 168
UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase

PDB Structure

PDB 4FKZ
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Crystal structure of Bacillus subtilis UDP-GlcNAc 2-epimerase in complex with UDP-GlcNAc and UDP
Yang, C.S., Chen, S.C., Kuan, S.M., Chen, Y.R., Liu, Y.H., Chen, Y.
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