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- noun biochemistry Any enzyme that catalyzes the
stereochemical inversion of the configuration about an asymmetric carbon atom in a substrate having more than one center of asymmetry.
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The second operon encodes a phosphatase, an epimerase and the thiamine pyrophosphokinase (TPK).
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Wang L, Huskic S, Cisterne A, Rothemund D, Reeves PR (2002) The O-antigen gene cluster of Escherichia coli O55: H7 and identification of a new UDP-GlcNAc C4 epimerase gene.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Zhemin Zhou et al. 2010
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3-O-sulfotransferase isoforms (HS3ST3A1 and HS3ST3B1) was evident in uterus from infected individuals and upregulation of the genes coding for dermatan sulfate epimerase, carbohydrate
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ragnvi Hagman et al. 2009
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