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{{enzyme
| Name = ornithine racemase
| EC_number = 5.1.1.12
| CAS_number = 62213-28-9
| IUBMB_EC_number = 5/1/1/12
| GO_code = 0050157
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In [[enzymology]], an '''ornithine racemase''' ({{EC number|5.1.1.12}}) is an [[enzyme]] that [[catalysis|catalyzes]] the [[chemical reaction]]

:L-ornithine <math>\rightleftharpoons</math> D-ornithine

Hence, this enzyme has one [[substrate (biochemistry)|substrate]], [[L-ornithine]], and one [[product (chemistry)|product]], [[D-ornithine]].

This enzyme belongs to the family of [[isomerase]]s, specifically those [[racemase]]s and [[epimerase]]s acting on [[amino acid]]s and derivatives.  The systematic name of this enzyme class is '''ornithine racemase'''. This enzyme participates in [[d-arginine and d-ornithine metabolism]].  

==References==
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* {{cite journal | author = Chen HP, Lin CF, Lee YJ, Tsay SS, Wu SH | date = 2000 | title = Purification and properties of ornithine racemase from Clostridium sticklandii | journal = J. Bacteriol.  | volume = 182 | pages = 2052&ndash;4  | pmid = 10715017 | doi = 10.1128/JB.182.7.2052-2054.2000 | issue = 7 | pmc = 101933 }}

{{isomerase-stub}}

[[Category:EC 5.1.1]]
[[Category:Enzymes of unknown structure]]