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EC 5.1.3.29 Details
EC number
5.1.3.29
Accepted name
L-fucose mutarotase
Reaction
α-L-fucopyranose = β-L-fucopyranose
Other name(s)
FucU,
fucose mutarotase,
FucM
Systematic name
L-fucose 1-epimerase
Comment
This enzyme shows no 1-epimerase activity with D-glucose, L-rhamnose and D-fucose (cf. EC 5.1.3.3, aldose 1-epimerase) [1].
History
created 2014
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