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Engineering the substrate specificity of D-amino-acid oxidase.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 26 Jul 2002
Sacchi Silvia, Lorenzi Simona, Molla Gianluca, Pilone Mirella S, Rossetti Carlo, Pollegioni Loredano
Abstract excerpt
The high resolution crystal structure of D-amino-acid oxidase (DAAO) from the yeast Rhodotorula gracilis provided us with the tool to engineer the substrate specificity of this flavo-oxidase. DAAO catalyzes the oxidative deamination of D-amino acids, with the exception of D-aspartate and D-glutamate (which are oxidized by D-aspartate oxidase, DASPO). Following sequence homology, molecular modeling, and simulated...
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