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You have to take into account that fermionic fields are anticommuting objects.

The general form of a CP-transformation acting on the quark fields (mass eigenfield) reads $$u(x) \stackrel{\rm CP}{\to} e^{i \alpha_u} C u^\ast(\tilde{x}), \quad d(x) \stackrel{\rm CP}{\to} e^{i\alpha_d} C d^\ast(\tilde{x}), \qquad x=(x^0, \mathbf{x}), \, \tilde{x}=(x^0, -\mathbf{x}), \, C=-i \gamma^2\gamma^0,$$ where all quarks with (electromagnetic) charge $+2/3$ are collected in the $n_G=3$ dimensional column vector $u$ and, analogously, the quarks with charge $-1/3$ in $d$. $e^{i\alpha_u}$ and $e^{i\alpha_d}$ are diagonal $n_G \times n_G = 3 \times 3$ phase matrices, which do not affect the kinetic or mass terms of the quark fields. As a consequence, one obtains $$\bar{u} (x) \gamma^\mu (1-\gamma_5) V_{\rm CKM}\, d(x) \stackrel{\rm CP}{\to} -\varepsilon(\mu)\bar{d}(\tilde{x})\gamma^\mu (1-\gamma_5)(e^{-i\alpha_u}V_{\rm CKM}e^{i\alpha_d})^Tu(\tilde{x}),$$ where $\varepsilon(0)=+1$ and $\varepsilon(i)= -1$ ($i=1,2,3$). The minus sign in this formula originates from the crucial property $u_{i a} d^\ast_{j b}= - d^\ast_{j b} u_{i a}$ of fermionic fields ($i,j$ are generation indices and $a,b$ are Dirac indices).

P.S.: The weak coupling constant $g$, being simply one of the input parameters of the SM, is, of course, not affected by this transformation (acting on the fields).

You have to take into account that fermionic fields are anticommuting objects.

The general form of a CP-transformation acting on the quark fields (mass eigenfield) reads $$u(x) \stackrel{\rm CP}{\to} e^{i \alpha_u} C u^\ast(\tilde{x}), \quad d(x) \stackrel{\rm CP}{\to} e^{i\alpha_d} C d^\ast(\tilde{x}), \qquad x=(x^0, \mathbf{x}), \, \tilde{x}=(x^0, -\mathbf{x}), \, C=-i \gamma^2\gamma^0,$$ where all quarks with (electromagnetic) charge $+2/3$ are collected in the $n_G=3$ dimensional column vector $u$ and, analogously, the quarks with charge $-1/3$ in $d$. $e^{i\alpha_u}$ and $e^{i\alpha_d}$ are diagonal $n_G \times n_G = 3 \times 3$ phase matrices, which do not affect the kinetic or mass terms of the quark fields. As a consequence, one obtains $$\bar{u} (x) \gamma^\mu (1-\gamma_5) V_{\rm CKM}\, d(x) \stackrel{\rm CP}{\to} -\varepsilon(\mu)\bar{d}(\tilde{x})\gamma^\mu (1-\gamma_5)(e^{-i\alpha_u}V_{\rm CKM}e^{i\alpha_d})^Tu(\tilde{x}),$$ where $\varepsilon(0)=+1$ and $\varepsilon(i)= -1$ ($i=1,2,3$). The minus sign in this formula originates from the crucial property $u_{i a} d^\ast_{j b}= - d^\ast_{j b} u_{i a}$ of fermionic fields ($i,j$ are generation indices and $a,b$ are Dirac indices).

You have to take into account that fermionic fields are anticommuting objects.

The general form of a CP-transformation acting on the quark fields (mass eigenfield) reads $$u(x) \stackrel{\rm CP}{\to} e^{i \alpha_u} C u^\ast(\tilde{x}), \quad d(x) \stackrel{\rm CP}{\to} e^{i\alpha_d} C d^\ast(\tilde{x}), \qquad x=(x^0, \mathbf{x}), \, \tilde{x}=(x^0, -\mathbf{x}), \, C=-i \gamma^2\gamma^0,$$ where all quarks with (electromagnetic) charge $+2/3$ are collected in the $n_G=3$ dimensional column vector $u$ and, analogously, the quarks with charge $-1/3$ in $d$. $e^{i\alpha_u}$ and $e^{i\alpha_d}$ are diagonal $n_G \times n_G = 3 \times 3$ phase matrices, which do not affect the kinetic or mass terms of the quark fields. As a consequence, one obtains $$\bar{u} (x) \gamma^\mu (1-\gamma_5) V_{\rm CKM}\, d(x) \stackrel{\rm CP}{\to} -\varepsilon(\mu)\bar{d}(\tilde{x})\gamma^\mu (1-\gamma_5)(e^{-i\alpha_u}V_{\rm CKM}e^{i\alpha_d})^Tu(\tilde{x}),$$ where $\varepsilon(0)=+1$ and $\varepsilon(i)= -1$ ($i=1,2,3$). The minus sign in this formula originates from the crucial property $u_{i a} d^\ast_{j b}= - d^\ast_{j b} u_{i a}$ of fermionic fields ($i,j$ are generation indices and $a,b$ are Dirac indices).

P.S.: The weak coupling constant $g$, being simply one of the input parameters of the SM, is, of course, not affected by this transformation (acting on the fields).

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You have to take into account that fermionic fields are anticommuting objects.

The general form of a CP-transformation acting on the quark fields (mass eigenfield) reads $$u(x) \stackrel{\rm CP}{\to} e^{i \alpha_u} C u^\ast(\tilde{x}), \quad d(x) \stackrel{\rm CP}{\to} e^{i\alpha_d} C d^\ast(\tilde{x}), \qquad x=(x^0, \mathbf{x}), \, \tilde{x}=(x^0, -\mathbf{x}), \, C=-i \gamma^2\gamma^0,$$ where all quarks with (electromagnetic) charge $+2/3$ are collected in the $n_G=3$ dimensional column vector $u$ and, analogously, the quarks with charge $-1/3$ in $d$. $e^{i\alpha_u}$ and $e^{i\alpha_d}$ are diagonal $n_G \times n_G = 3 \times 3$ phase matrices, which do not affect the kinetic or mass terms of the quark fields. As a consequence, one obtains $$\bar{u} (x) \gamma^\mu (1-\gamma_5) V_{\rm CKM}\, d(x) \stackrel{\rm CP}{\to} -\varepsilon(\mu)\bar{d}(\tilde{x})\gamma^\mu (1-\gamma_5)(e^{-i\alpha_u}V_{\rm CKM}e^{i\alpha_d})^Tu(\tilde{x}),$$ where $\varepsilon(0)=+1$ and $\varepsilon(i)= -1$ ($i=1,2,3$). The minus sign in this formula originates from the crucial property $u_{i a} d^\ast_{j b}= - d^\ast_{j b} u_{i a}$ of fermionic fields ($i,j$ are generation indices and $a,b$ are Dirac indices).