EC 3.2.1.183 and EC 3.2.1.184
UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase (hydrolysing)
UDP-N,N'-diacetylbacillosamine 2-epimerase (hydrolysing)
mechanism
Mechanism based on Chou, W.K., Hinderlich, S., Reutter, W. and Tanner, M.E. Sialic acid biosynthesis: stereochemistry and mechanism of the reaction catalyzed by the mammalian UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125 (2003) 2455-2461. [PMID: 12603133]
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