| id | GO:0016854 Detailed information
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| name | racemase and epimerase activity
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| namespace | molecular_function
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| def | "Catalysis of a reaction that alters the configuration of one or more chiral centers in a molecule." [GOC:mah, ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"]
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| comment | Note that enzymes of class EC:5.1.99.- should also be annotated to this term. Note that 'epimerase' refers to the conversion of an epimer into its diastereoisomer, and 'racemase' refers to the interconversion of the two enantiomers of a chiral compound.
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| subset | gosubset_prok
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| synonym | "racemase and epimerase activity, acting on other compounds" NARROW []
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| xref | EC:5.1
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| is_a | GO:0016853 ! isomerase activity
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