IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 5.1.1.9

Accepted name: arginine racemase

Reaction: L-arginine = D-arginine

Systematic name: arginine racemase

Comments: A pyridoxal-phosphate protein.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 37290-94-1

References:

1. Yorifuji, T., Ogata, K. and Soda, K. Crystalline arginine racemase. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 34 (1969) 760-764. [PMID: 5779761]

[EC 5.1.1.9 created 1972]


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