CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

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

Enzyme Information

5.1.1.1
Alanine racemase.
based on mapping to UniProt Q9HTQ2
L-alanine = D-alanine.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

Q9HTQ2
ALR2_PSEAE
Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1
Alanine racemase, catabolic

PDB Structure

PDB 1RCQ
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Crystal structure at 1.45 A resolution of alanine racemase from a pathogenic bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, contains both internal and external aldimine forms.
LeMagueres, P., Im, H., Dvorak, A., Strych, U., Benedik, M., Krause, K.L.
Biochemistry