5.1.1.21 L-isoleucine = D-allo-isoleucine - - 5.1.1.21 L-isoleucine = D-allo-isoleucine L-isoleucine epimerization proceeds through abstraction of the alpha-hydrogen of the substrate by Lys280, while Asp222 serves as the catalytic residue adding an alpha-hydrogen to the quinonoid intermediate to form D-allo-isoleucine, structure-function relationship 746630 5.1.1.21 L-isoleucine = D-allo-isoleucine the racemization reaction by the fold-type I racemases may generally occur thanks to a revised two-base mechanism. Conformational changes provoked by pyridoxal 5'-phosphate binding suggesting an induced fit of the active site entrance door necessary to accommodate pyridoxal 5'-phosphate and substrate molecules -, 747208