scholarly journals A Simple Enzymatic Method for Production of a Wide Variety of D-Amino Acids Using L-Amino Acid Oxidase from Rhodococcus sp. AIU Z-35-1

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimiyasu Isobe ◽  
Hiroshi Tamauchi ◽  
Ken-ichi Fuhshuku ◽  
Shouko Nagasawa ◽  
Yasuhisa Asano

A simple enzymatic method for production of a wide variety of D-amino acids was developed by kinetic resolution of DL-amino acids using L-amino acid oxidase (L-AAO) with broad substrate specificity from Rhodococcus sp. AIU Z-35-1. The optimum pH of the L-AAO reaction was classified into three groups depending on the L-amino acids as substrate, and their respective activities between pH 5.5 and 8.5 accounted for more than 60% of the optimum activity. The enzyme was stable in the range from pH 6.0 to 8.0, and approximately 80% of the enzyme activity remained after incubation at for 60 min at pH 7.0. D-Amino acids such as D-citrulline, D-glutamine, D-homoserine or D-arginine, which are not produced by D-aminoacylases or D-hydantoinases, were produced from the racemic mixture within a 24-hr reaction at and pH 7.0. Thus, the present method using L-AAO was versatile for production of a wide variety of D-amino acids.

1993 ◽  
Vol 268 (36) ◽  
pp. 26941-26949
Author(s):  
A D'Aniello ◽  
G D'Onofrio ◽  
M Pischetola ◽  
G D'Aniello ◽  
A Vetere ◽  
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1978 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
JM Robinson ◽  
RT Briggs ◽  
MJ Karnovsky

The ultrastructural localization of D-amino acid oxidase (DAO) was studied cytochemically by detecting sites of hydrogen peroxide production in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs). Reaction product, which forms when cerous ions react with H2O2 to form an electron-dense precipitate, was demonstrated on the cell surface and within the phagosomes of phagocytically stimulated cells when D-amino acids were provided as substrate. Resting cells showed only slight activity. The competitive inhibitor D,L-2-hydroxybutyrate greatly reduced the D-amino acid-stimulated reaction while KCN did not. The cell surface reaction was abolished by nonpenetrating inhibitors of enzyme activity while that within the phagosome was not eliminated. Dense accumulations of reaction product were formed in cells which phagocytosed Staphylococcus aureus in the absence of exogenous substrate. No reaction product formed with Proteus vulgaris while an intermediate amount formed when Escherichia coli were phagocytosed. Variation in the amount of reaction product with the different bacteria correlated with the levels of D-amino acids in the bacterial cell walls which are available for the DAO of PMNs. An alternative approach utilizing ferricyanide as an electron acceptor was also used. This technique verified the results obtained with the cerium reaction, i.e., the DAO is located in the cell surface and is internalized during phagocytosis and is capable of H2O2 production within the phagosome. The present finding that DAO is localized on the cell surface further supports the concept that the plasma membrane is involved in peroxide formation in PMNs.


1997 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 292-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salim K. Mujawar ◽  
Jaiprakash G. Shewale

Aspergillus sp. strain O20 produces inducible D-amino acid oxidase intracellularly, only in the presence of some amino acids. The enzyme was induced most effectively by the addition of DL-alanine (1% w/v) to the production medium. Among the various compounds studied, production of the D-amino acid oxidase was enhanced by Aerosol-22, glucose, and sodium nitrate. D-Amino acid oxidase formation was observed during the onset of the stationary growth phase. Maximum enzyme activity was recorded after 96 h of fermentation (1000 IU/L).Key words: D-amino acid oxidase, Aspergillus sp., 7-aminocephalosporanic acid, cephalosporin C.


1969 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Van Dyke ◽  
C Szustkiewicz

Abstract An automated system for the determination of the L-α form of the majority of amino acids is presented. The method is based upon oxidative deamination of the amino acid coupled with oxidation of o-dianisidine by hydrogen peroxide. This procedure can be used comparatively for the determination of a mixture of L-α-amino acids or for the majority of separated L-α-amino acids (especially in conjunction with column separations from urine and blood which give falsely positive identification with ninhydrin detection). The stereospecific nature of the L-α-amino acid oxidase enables the investigator to quantitate the amount of L-α-amino acid in the presence of the D-α form. From an academic viewpoint, the extreme sensitivity and wide range of the detection system make it advantageous for the study of the enzyme itself. This automated method also may be employed to follow enzymatic reactions—e.g., those catalyzed by peptidases or racemases. The methodology is extremely convenient with good reagent stability and is much more sensitive than manometric technics.


2007 ◽  
Vol 73 (16) ◽  
pp. 5370-5373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shigenori Yamaguchi ◽  
Hidenobu Komeda ◽  
Yasuhisa Asano

ABSTRACT d- and l-amino acids were produced from l- and d-amino acid amides by d-aminopeptidase from Ochrobactrum anthropi C1-38 and l-amino acid amidase from Pseudomonas azotoformans IAM 1603, respectively, in the presence of α-amino-ε-caprolactam racemase from Achromobacter obae as the catalyst by dynamic kinetic resolution of amino acid amides.


1979 ◽  
Vol 184 (2) ◽  
pp. 421-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
J O'Sullivan ◽  
R C Bleaney ◽  
J A Huddleston ◽  
E P Abraham

1. delta-(L-alpha-Amino[4,5-3H]adipyl)-L-cysteinyl-D-[4,4-3H]valine has been synthesized from its constituent amino acids, the L-alpha-amino[4,5-3H]adipic acid being obtained by reduction with 3H2 of methyl 5-acetamido-5,5-diethoxycarbonylpent-2-enoate and subsequent decarboxylation and hydrolysis. 2. In a cell-free system prepared by lysis of protoplasts of Cephalosporium acremonium 3H was incorporated from the doubly labelled tripeptide into a compound that behaved like penicillin N or isopenicillin N. The relative specific radioactivities of the alpha-aminoadipyl and penicillamine moieties of the penicillin were the same (within experimental error) as those of the alpha-aminoadipic acid and valine residues respectively of the tripeptide. 3. The behaviour of the labelled alpha-aminoadipic acid from the penicillin to the L-amino acid oxidase of Crotalus adamanteus venom showed that it was mainly L-alpha-aminoadipic acid. 4. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that the carbon skeleton of the LLD-tripeptide is incorporated intact into the penicillin molecule and that the first product is isopenicillin N.


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