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.
e·pim·er·ase ( -pm  -r s , -rz)n. Any of a class of enzymes that catalyze changes to epimers. |
epimerase
an isomerase that catalyzes the inversion of asymmetric groups in substrates (epimers) having more than one center of asymmetry.
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