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d-Amino acid oxidases from Rhodosporidium toruloides and Trigonopsis variabilis (RtDAO and TvDAO) are both yeast homodimeric flavoenzymes. Two of their cDNA genes were connected by a hexanucleotide linker and heterologously expressed in E. coli to produce the corresponding double DAOs (dRtDAO and dTvDAO) with two subunits fused into a single polypeptide. The specific activities of double DAOs remained similar to those of native dimeric DAOs, although the catalytic efficiencies (kcat/KM) were decreased due to higher KM values. The Tm value for dRtDAO was shifted 5°C higher while that for dTvDAO was increased only by 2°C, in comparison with the corresponding native counterparts. In the presence of 10 mM H2O2, dRtDAO and dTvDAO exhibited half-lives of about 60 and 40 min, respectively, which were 2- and 1.5-fold, respectively, longer than their native DAOs. These yeast DAOs can therefore be thermally and oxidatively stabilized by linking their subunits together.
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We thank Professor Hao-Ping Chen in National Taipei University of Technology for providing d-amino acids. This research was supported by a grant NSC 95-2221-E-036-043 from the National Science Council of Taiwan.
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Wang, SJ., Yu, CY., Lee, CK. et al. Subunit fusion of two yeast d-amino acid oxidases enhances their thermostability and resistance to H2O2 . Biotechnol Lett 30, 1415–1422 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-008-9694-5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-008-9694-5