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Crystal Structure of UDP-glucose 4-epimerase (Rv3634c) in complex with both UDP-Glucose and UDP-Galactose in chainA from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Source organism: Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv
Biochemical function: isomerase activity
Biological process: galactose metabolic process
Cellular component: plasma membrane

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EC 5.1.3.2: UDP-glucose 4-epimerase

Reaction catalysed:
UDP-alpha-D-glucose = UDP-alpha-D-galactose
Systematic name:
UDP-alpha-D-glucose 4-epimerase
Alternative Name(s):
  • 4-epimerase
  • Galactowaldenase
  • UDP-D-galactose 4-epimerase
  • UDP-galactose 4-epimerase
  • UDP-glucose epimerase
  • UDPG-4-epimerase
  • UDPgalactose 4-epimerase
  • UDPglucose 4-epimerase
  • Uridine diphosphate galactose 4-epimerase
  • Uridine diphosphate glucose 4-epimerase
  • Uridine diphospho-galactose-4-epimerase
  • Uridine diphosphoglucose 4-epimerase
  • Uridine diphosphoglucose epimerase

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Biochemical function:
Biological process:
Cellular component:

Sequence family

Pfam Protein family (Pfam)
PF01370
Domain description: NAD dependent epimerase/dehydratase family
Occurring in:
  1. UDP-glucose 4-epimerase

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