CATH Domain 3b8uC01

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CATH Classification

Level	CATH Code	Description
	2	Mainly Beta
	2.40	Beta Barrel
	2.40.37	Lyase, Ornithine Decarboxylase; Chain A, domain 1
	2.40.37.10	Lyase, Ornithine Decarboxylase; Chain A, domain 1

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 P0A6B4

L-alanine = D-alanine.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

ALR1_ECOLI

Escherichia coli K-12

Alanine racemase, biosynthetic

PDB Structure

PDB	3B8U
External Links	PDBSum Proteopedia
Method	X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation	Residues Asp164 and Glu165 at the substrate entryway function potently in substrate orientation of alanine racemase from E. coli: Enzymatic characterization with crystal structure analysis Wu, D., Hu, T., Zhang, L., Chen, J., Du, J., Ding, J., Jiang, H., Shen, X. Protein Sci.