AC MF_02028; DC Protein; auto TR HAMAP; MF_02028; -; 1; level=0 XX Names: WecB_RffE XX ID WECB DE RecName: Full=UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase; DE EC=5.1.3.14; DE AltName: Full=UDP-GlcNAc-2-epimerase; GN Name=wecB; XX CC -!- FUNCTION: Catalyzes the reversible epimerization at C-2 of UDP-N- CC acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc) and thereby provides bacteria with UDP- CC N-acetylmannosamine (UDP-ManNAc), the activated donor of ManNAc CC residues. CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: CC Reaction=UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosamine = UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D- CC mannosamine; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:17213, ChEBI:CHEBI:57705, CC ChEBI:CHEBI:68623; EC=5.1.3.14; CC -!- PATHWAY: Bacterial outer membrane biogenesis; enterobacterial common CC antigen biosynthesis. CC -!- SUBUNIT: Homodimer. CC -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase family. XX DR Pfam; PF02350; Epimerase_2; 1; trigger=no DR NCBIfam; TIGR00236; wecB; 1; trigger=no XX KW Cytoplasm KW Isomerase XX GO GO:0008761; F:UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase activity GO GO:0009246; P:enterobacterial common antigen biosynthetic process GO GO:0005737; C:cytoplasm XX FT From: WECB_ECOLI (P27828) FT BINDING 290..292 FT /ligand="substrate" FT Optional; Condition: S-G-G FT BINDING 10 FT /ligand="substrate" FT Optional; Condition: R FT BINDING 15 FT /ligand="substrate" FT Optional; Condition: K FT BINDING 95 FT /ligand="substrate" FT Optional; Condition: D FT BINDING 117 FT /ligand="substrate" FT Optional; Condition: E FT BINDING 213 FT /ligand="substrate" FT Optional; Condition: H FT BINDING 271 FT /ligand="substrate" FT Optional; Condition: Q FT BINDING 276 FT /ligand="substrate" FT Optional; Condition: F FT BINDING 296 FT /ligand="substrate" FT Optional; Condition: E FT BINDING 313 FT /ligand="substrate" FT Optional; Condition: R XX Size: 335-400; Related: None; Template: P27828; Scope: Bacteria; Enterobacterales Fusion: Nter: None Cter: None Duplicate: None Plasmid: None Comments: None XX # Revision 1.7 2023/06/01 //