EC |
5.1.3.41 |
Accepted name: |
fructoselysine 3-epimerase |
Reaction: |
N6-(D-fructosyl)-L-lysine = N6-(D-psicosyl)-L-lysine |
Other name(s): |
frlC (gene name) |
Systematic name: |
D-fructosyl-L-lysine 3-epimerase |
Comments: |
The enzyme, characterized from the bacterium Escherichia coli, is involved in the catabolism of fructoseamines, amino acid sugar complexes that are formed non-enzymically. |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc |
References: |
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Wiame, E. and Van Schaftingen, E. Fructoselysine 3-epimerase, an enzyme involved in the metabolism of the unusual Amadori compound psicoselysine in Escherichia coli. Biochem. J. 378 (2004) 1047–1052. [DOI] [PMID: 14641112] |
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