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epimerase

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: epimerase
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(ə′pim·ə′rās)

(biochemistry) A type of enzyme that catalyzes the rearrangement of hydroxyl groups on a substrate.

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(ĭ-pĭm'ə-rās', -rāz')
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Any of a class of enzymes that catalyze changes to epimers.

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An isomerase that catalyzes the inversion of asymmetric groups in substrates (epimers) having more than one center of asymmetry.

 
 
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Mandelate racemase
UDP-glucuronate 5'-epimerase
UDP galactose epimerase

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