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epimerase /epim·er·ase/ (ĕ-pim´ĕ-rās″) an isomerase that catalyzes inversion of the configuration about an asymmetric carbon atom in a substrate having more than one center of asymmetry; thus epimers are interconverted.

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Any of a class of enzymes that catalyze changes to epimers.

epimerase [ĕ-pim´er-āse]

an isomerase enzyme that catalyzes a change in asymmetric groups in substrates (epimers) that have more than one center of asymmetry.

epimerase

an isomerase that catalyzes the inversion of asymmetric groups in substrates (epimers) having more than one center of asymmetry.

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