N-acylglucosamine-6-phosphate 2-epimerase

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N-acylglucosamine-6-phosphate 2-epimerase
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In

enzymology, a N-acylglucosamine-6-phosphate 2-epimerase (EC 5.1.3.9) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

N-acyl-D-glucosamine 6-phosphate N-acyl-D-mannosamine 6-phosphate

Hence, this enzyme has one

.

This enzyme belongs to the family of

aminosugars metabolism
.

Structural studies

As of late 2007, two

structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes 1Y0E and 1YXY
.

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