Posted: December 17th, 2016
Mandelate racemase, as shown, catalyzes the racemization of mandelate. Atrolactate is a competitive inhibitor of the enzyme.
Write a mechanism for the non-enzymatic racemization in basic aqueous solution; can you suggest a reason why this racemization is quite slow?
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