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Category:GO:0016854 ! racemase and epimerase activity
name: racemase and epimerase activity
namespace: molecular_function
def: "Catalysis of a reaction that alters the configuration of one or more chiral centers in a molecule." [GOC:mah, ISBN:0198506732]
comment: 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.
synonym: "racemase and epimerase activity, acting on other compounds" NARROW []
xref: EC:5.1.-.-
is_a: GO:0016853 ! isomerase activity
AmiGO
<GOterm>GO:0016854</GOterm>
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