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mutase

[mu´tās]

any of a group of enzymes (transferases) that catalyze the intramolecular shifting of a chemical group from one position to another.

mu·tase

(myū'tās),

Any enzyme that catalyzes the apparent migration of groups within one molecule, for example, phosphoglycerate phosphomutase; sometimes the transfer is from one molecule to another, for example, phosphoglucomutase, phosphoglyceromutase (both phosphotransferases).

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mutase

(myo͞o′tās, -tāz)

An enzyme that catalyzes the shifting of a chemical group from one position to another within the same molecule.

mu·tase

(myū'tās)

Any enzyme that catalyzes the apparent migration of groups within one molecule; sometimes the transfer is from one molecule to another.

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This organic acid buildup is caused by one of three mechanisms: genetic defect or absence of the enzyme methylmalonic acid coenzyme A mutase (mut), defect in the synthesis and transport of mut's cofactor 5'-deoxyadenosylcobalamin, and defect in the mitochondrial transport of cobalamin.

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Moreover, the recent discovery of the whole synthesis pathway of Pyl, with PylB being a lysine mutase [13] shows that Pyl is entirely a derivative of a proteogenic amino acid (two lysines) and this could make sense in the light of the coevolution theory, such are the cases of Asp/Asn and Glu/Gln in Archaea[63].

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Another enzyme, hydroxylaminobenzene mutase, catalyzes the conversion of hydroxylaminobenzene to 2-aminophenol through Bamberger rearrangement (Figure 2).

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2011, details unpublished), phosphoglycerate kinase (PfPGK) [24], and phosphoglycerate mutase (PfPGM) [25] have been solved.

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In mammalian cells, CNCbl and OHCbl are inactive forms and AdoCbl acts as a coenzyme of methylmalonyl Co-A mutase in mitochondria.

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These genes include both the myosin heavy and light chain, and the phosphoglycerate mutase 2 (pgam2) gene.

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MMA is a compound that can build up in the bloodstream if there isn't enough vitamin B12 in the body for an enzyme, methylmalonyl-CoA mutase, to function properly.

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This vitamin exerts its physiological action through two enzymatic pathways: the first acts as a co-factor for the methionine synthase enzyme that converts homocysteine into methionine and the second acts upon L-methylmalonyl Coenzyme A (CoA) mutase enzyme to convert methylmalonyl-CoA into succinyl-CoA4.

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The Helicobacter pylori ureC gene codes for a phosphoglucosamine mutase. J Bacteriol 1997; 179:3488-3493.

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MMA can build up in the bloodstreamif there is not enough vitamin [B.sub.12] in the body for an enzyme (methylmalonyl-CoA mutase) to function properly.