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Conversion of L-lactate oxidase to a long chain alpha-hydroxyacid oxidase by site-directed mutagenesis of alanine 95 to glycine.

A mutant form of L-lactate oxidase (LOX) from Aerococcus viridans in which alanine 95 was replaced by glycine was constructed as a mimic of L-lactate monooxygenase but proved instead to be a mimic of the long chain alpha-hydroxyacid oxidase from rat kidney. A95G-LOX keeps oxidase activity with L-lactate at the same level as wild type LOX but has much enhanced oxidase activity with longer chain L-alpha-hydroxyacids, alpha-hydroxy-n-butyric acid, alpha-hydroxy-n-valeric acid, etc., and also the aromatic alpha-hydroxyacid, L-mandelic acid. Kinetic analysis of the activity with these substrates indicates that the reduction of the enzyme bound flavin by substrates is the rate-limiting step in A95G-LOX. The affinity of pyruvate for the reduced enzyme is increased, and sulfite binding to the oxidized enzyme is weaker in A95G-LOX than in native enzyme. Wild type LOX stabilizes both the neutral and anionic flavin semiquinones with a pKa of 6.1, but A95G LOX stabilizes only the anionic semiquinone form. These results strongly suggest that the environment around the N5-C4a region of the flavin isoalloxazine ring is changed by this mutation.[1]

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  1. Conversion of L-lactate oxidase to a long chain alpha-hydroxyacid oxidase by site-directed mutagenesis of alanine 95 to glycine. Yorita, K., Aki, K., Ohkuma-Soyejima, T., Kokubo, T., Misaki, H., Massey, V. J. Biol. Chem. (1996) [Pubmed]
 
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