Reaction: UDP-α-D-galactopyranose = UDP-α-D-galactofuranose
For diagram of reaction click here and (mechanism here).
Other name(s): UGM; UDP-D-galactopyranose furanomutase
Systematic name: UDP-α-D-galactopyranose furanomutase
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 174632-18-9
References:
1. Trejo, A.G., Chittenden, G.J.F., Buchanan, J.G. and Baddiley, J. Uridine diphosphate α-D-galactofuranose, an intermediate in the biosynthesis of galactofuranosyl residues. Biochem. J. 117 (1970) 637-639. [PMID: 5419754]
2. Karunan Partha, S., Bonderoff, S.A., van Straaten, K.E. and Sanders, D.A. Expression, purification and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of UDP-galactopyranose mutase from Deinococcus radiodurans. Acta Crystallogr. Sect. F Struct. Biol. Cryst. Commun. 65 (2009) 843-845. [PMID: 19652355]
3. Dhatwalia, R., Singh, H., Oppenheimer, M., Karr, D.B., Nix, J.C., Sobrado, P. and Tanner, J.J. Crystal structures and small-angle x-ray scattering analysis of UDP-galactopyranose mutase from the pathogenic fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. J. Biol. Chem. 287 (2012) 9041-9051. [PMID: 22294687]
4. van Straaten, K.E., Routier, F.H. and Sanders, D.A. Towards the crystal structure elucidation of eukaryotic UDP-galactopyranose mutase. Acta Crystallogr. Sect. F Struct. Biol. Cryst. Commun. 68 (2012) 455-459. [PMID: 22505419]