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Alanine Racemase
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Alanine Racemase [Chemical/Ingredient]
, Racemase, Alanine
A pyridoxal-phosphate protein that reversibly catalyzes the conversion of L-alanine to D-alanine. EC 5.1.1.1.
National Institutes of Health
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Review
2017
Review
2017
Multidrug-Resistant Enterococcal Infections: New Compounds, Novel Antimicrobial Therapies?
Roel M. van Harten
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R. Willems
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N. Martin
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A. Hendrickx
Trends in Microbiology
2017
Corpus ID: 4031587
Review
2015
Review
2015
Inhibitors of alanine racemase enzyme: a review
M. Azam
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U. Jayaram
Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal…
2015
Corpus ID: 4721676
Abstract Alanine racemase is a fold type III PLP-dependent amino acid racemase enzyme catalysing the conversion of l-alanine to d…
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Production of l-alanine by metabolically engineered Escherichia coli
Xueli Zhang
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Kaemwich Jantama
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Jonathan C. Moore
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K. T. Shanmugam
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L. O. Ingram
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
2007
Corpus ID: 9161551
Escherichia coli W was genetically engineered to produce l-alanine as the primary fermentation product from sugars by replacing…
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Reaction Mechanism of Alanine Racemase from Bacillus stearothermophilus
A. Watanabe
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T. Yoshimura
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B. Mikami
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H. Hayashi
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H. Kagamiyama
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N. Esaki
Journal of Biological Chemistry
2002
Corpus ID: 1836684
The crystal structures of alanine racemase bound with reaction intermediate analogs,N-(5′-phosphopyridoxyl)-l-alanine (PLP-l-Ala…
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Characterization of the alanine racemases from two mycobacteria.
U. Strych
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R. Penland
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M. Jimenez
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K. Krause
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M. Benedik
FEMS Microbiology Letters
2001
Corpus ID: 23718920
D-Alanine is a necessary precursor in the biosynthesis of the bacterial peptidoglycan. The naturally occurring L-alanine isomer…
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Structure of mammalian ornithine decarboxylase at 1.6 A resolution: stereochemical implications of PLP-dependent amino acid decarboxylases.
A. Kern
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M. Oliveira
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P. Coffino
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M. Hackert
Structure
1999
Corpus ID: 29377155
Review
1998
Review
1998
Structure, evolution and action of vitamin B6-dependent enzymes.
J. Jansonius
Current Opinion in Structural Biology
1998
Corpus ID: 9992425
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Determination of the structure of alanine racemase from Bacillus stearothermophilus at 1.9-A resolution.
J. Shaw
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G. Petsko
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D. Ringe
Biochemistry
1997
Corpus ID: 43869445
The molecular structure of alanine racemase from Bacillus stearothermophilus was determined by X-ray crystallography to a…
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Overexpression of the D-alanine racemase gene confers resistance to D-cycloserine in Mycobacterium smegmatis
N. Cáceres
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N. B. Harris
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J. Wellehan
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Zhengyu Feng
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V. Kapur
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R. Barletta
Journal of Bacteriology
1997
Corpus ID: 16673485
D-Cycloserine is an effective second-line drug against Mycobacterium avium and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. To analyze the genetic…
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Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Biosynthetic alanine racemase of Salmonella typhimurium: purification and characterization of the enzyme encoded by the alr gene.
N. Esaki
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C. Walsh
Biochemistry
1986
Corpus ID: 32233136
An alanine racemase, encoded by the alr (dal) gene and believed to be the biosynthetic source of D-alanine for cell wall…
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