Glutamate racemase

In enzymology, a glutamate racemase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction


 * L-glutamate $$\rightleftharpoons$$ D-glutamate

Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, L-glutamate, and one product, D-glutamate.

This enzyme belongs to the family of isomerases, specifically those racemases and epimerases acting on amino acids and derivatives. The systematic name of this enzyme class is glutamate racemase. This enzyme participates in glutamate metabolism and d-glutamine and d-glutamate metabolism.

Structural studies
As of late 2007, 17 structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and.