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Publication Abstract from PubMed

Production of D-amino acids (D-AAs) on a large-scale enables to provide precursors of peptide therapeutics. In this study, we designed a novel L-amino acid oxidase, HTAncLAAO2, by ancestral sequence reconstruction, exhibiting high thermostability and long-term stability. The crystal structure of HTAncLAAO2 was determined at 2.2 A by X-ray crystallography, revealing that the enzyme has an octameric form like a "ninja-star" feature. Enzymatic property analysis demonstrated that HTAncLAAO2 exhibits three-order larger k(cat)/K(m) values towards four L-AAs (L-Phe, L-Leu, L-Met, and L-Ile) than that of L-Trp. Through screening the variants, we obtained the HTAncLAAO2(W220A) variant, which shows a > 6-fold increase in k(cat) value toward L-Trp compared to the original enzyme. This variant applies to synthesizing enantio-pure D-Trp derivatives from L- or rac-forms at a preparative scale. Given its excellent properties, HTAncLAAO2 would be a starting point for designing novel oxidases with high activity toward various amines and AAs.

Structural and functional analysis of hyper-thermostable ancestral L-amino acid oxidase that can convert Trp derivatives to D-forms by chemoenzymatic reaction.,Kawamura Y, Ishida C, Miyata R, Miyata A, Hayashi S, Fujinami D, Ito S, Nakano S Commun Chem. 2023 Sep 22;6(1):200. doi: 10.1038/s42004-023-01005-1. PMID:37737277^[1]

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