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EC 5.1.1.21 Details
EC number
5.1.1.21
Accepted name
isoleucine 2-epimerase
Reaction
L-isoleucine = D-allo-isoleucine
Other name(s)
BCAA racemase
Systematic name
isoleucine 2-epimerase
Comment
A pyridoxal phosphate protein. The enzyme, characterized from the bacterium Lactobacillus buchneri, specifically catalyses racemization of nonpolar amino acids at the C-2 position.
History
created 2015
EC Tree
1.6.5.1 created 1961, deleted 1965