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Literature summary for 5.1.3.2 extracted from

  • Lee, L.J.; Kimura, A.; Tochikura, T.
    Purification and properties of UDP-galactose 4-epimerase from Bifidobacterium bifidum (1978), Agric. Biol. Chem., 42, 731-737.
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Activating Compound

Activating Compound Comment Organism Structure
fructose 4-phosphate stimulates Bifidobacterium bifidum
fructose 6-phosphate stimulates Bifidobacterium bifidum
Galactose 1-phosphate stimulates Bifidobacterium bifidum
glucose 1-phosphate stimulates Bifidobacterium bifidum
glucose 6-phosphate stimulates Bifidobacterium bifidum

Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
fructose 1,6-diphosphate inhibition is enhanced by combination with UMP Bifidobacterium bifidum
Galactose plus UMP strong inhibition in the presence of UMP, no inhibition by UMP or sugar alone Bifidobacterium bifidum
glucose plus UMP strong inhibition in the presence of UMP, no inhibition by UMP or sugar alone Bifidobacterium bifidum
HgCl2
-
Bifidobacterium bifidum
NEM
-
Bifidobacterium bifidum
p-chloromercuribenzoate
-
Bifidobacterium bifidum
UDP
-
Bifidobacterium bifidum
UTP slightly Bifidobacterium bifidum

KM Value [mM]

KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
0.53
-
UDPgalactose
-
Bifidobacterium bifidum
1.4
-
UDPglucose
-
Bifidobacterium bifidum

Molecular Weight [Da]

Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
45000
-
2 * 45000, SDS-PAGE Bifidobacterium bifidum
90000
-
gel filtration Bifidobacterium bifidum

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Bifidobacterium bifidum
-
-
-

Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
-
Bifidobacterium bifidum

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
41.8
-
-
Bifidobacterium bifidum

Storage Stability

Storage Stability Organism
4°C or -20°C, 0.2 mg/ml enzyme concentration, 0.01 M potassium phosphate buffer, pH 7.5. About 60% of the initial activity remains for 3 months at 4°C without any protector, and in the presence of 20% glycerol more than 80% of the activity remains Bifidobacterium bifidum

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
UDP-galactose
-
Bifidobacterium bifidum UDP-glucose
-
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Subunits

Subunits Comment Organism
dimer 2 * 45000, SDS-PAGE Bifidobacterium bifidum

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
8 9
-
Bifidobacterium bifidum

pH Range

pH Minimum pH Maximum Comment Organism
7 9.7 7: about 50% of maximal activity, 9.7: about 40% of maximal activity Bifidobacterium bifidum