CATH Classification

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)

P0A6B4
ALR1_ECOLI
Escherichia coli K-12
Alanine racemase, biosynthetic

PDB Structure

PDB 3B8V
External Links
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.