IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 5.1.3.6

Accepted name: UDP-glucuronate 4-epimerase

Reaction: UDP-glucuronate = UDP-D-galacturonate

For diagram of reaction click here.

Other name(s): uridine diphospho-D-galacturonic acid; UDP glucuronic epimerase; uridine diphosphoglucuronic epimerase; UDP-galacturonate 4-epimerase; uridine diphosphoglucuronate epimerase; UDP-D-galacturonic acid 4-epimerase

Systematic name: UDP-glucuronate 4-epimerase

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 9024-17-3

References:

1. Feingold, D.S., Neufeld, E.F. and Hassid, W.Z. The 4-epimerization and decarboxylation of uridine diphosphate D-glucuronic acid by extracts from Phaseolus aureus seedlings. J. Biol. Chem. 235 (1960) 910-913.

[EC 5.1.3.6 created 1965]


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