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Structural highlights

Function

ALR_GEOSE Catalyzes the interconversion of L-alanine and D-alanine. Also weakly active on serine.^{[1] [2]}

Evolutionary Conservation

Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.

See Also

• Alanine racemase 3D structures

References

1. ↑ Watanabe A, Yoshimura T, Mikami B, Esaki N. Tyrosine 265 of alanine racemase serves as a base abstracting alpha-hydrogen from L-alanine: the counterpart residue to lysine 39 specific to D-alanine. J Biochem. 1999 Oct;126(4):781-6. PMID:10502689
2. ↑ Patrick WM, Weisner J, Blackburn JM. Site-directed mutagenesis of Tyr354 in Geobacillus stearothermophilus alanine racemase identifies a role in controlling substrate specificity and a possible role in the evolution of antibiotic resistance. Chembiochem. 2002 Aug 2;3(8):789-92. PMID:12203980 doi:<789::AID-CBIC789>3.0.CO;2-D http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1439-7633(20020802)3:8<789::AID-CBIC789>3.0.CO;2-D