Epimerase
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Epimerase is a noun meaning (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the stereochemical inversion of the configuration about an asymmetric carbon atom in a substrate having more than one center of asymmetry.
Meaning
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the stereochemical inversion of the configuration about an asymmetric carbon atom in a substrate having more than one center of asymmetry.
Word Forms
- epimerases
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