cefD2, IPN epimerase, isopenecillin N-CoA epimerase, isopenicillin N epimerase, isopenicillin N-CoA epimerase, PenN epimerase
EC Number
5.1.1.17
CAS Registry Number
88201-43-8
Comments
This enzyme contains pyridoxal phosphate. Epimerization at C-5 of the 5-amino-5-carboxypentanoyl group to form penicillin N is required to make a substrate for EC?1.14.20.1, deactoxycephalosporin-C synthase, to produce cephalosporins. Forms part of the penicillin biosynthesis pathway.
