Reaction: N-acetyl-D-glutamate = N-acetyl-L-glutamate
Other name(s): dgcA (gene name)
Systematic name: N-acetyl-glutamate racemase
Comments: The enzyme, present in bacteria and archaea, participates in a pathway for the degradation of D-glutamate.
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References:
1. Yu, Y., Wang, P., Cao, H.Y., Teng, Z.J., Zhu, Y., Wang, M., McMinn, A., Chen, Y., Xiang, H., Zhang, Y.Z., Chen, X.L. and Zhang, Y.Q. Novel D-glutamate catabolic pathway in marine Proteobacteria and halophilic archaea. ISME J. (2023) . [PMID: 36690779]