PMID- 6104660 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19800928 LR - 20190511 IS - 0021-924X (Print) IS - 0021-924X (Linking) VI - 87 IP - 5 DP - 1980 May TI - Studies on the reaction of D-amino acid oxidase with beta-cyano-D-alanine. Observation of an intermediary stable charge transfer complex. PG - 1469-81 AB - The reaction of D-amino acid oxidase [EC 1.4.3.3] (DAO) from porcine kidney with beta-cyano-D-alanine (D-BCNA) was studied. DAO was found to catalyze elimination of the cyano group as well as oxidation of D-BCNA. During the course of the reaction in the presence of excess oxygen, an intermediate was observed which exhibited a characteristic absorption spectrum with a broad charge transfer band in the longer wavelength region. The CD spectrum of this intermediate resembles that of DAO-anthranilate complex. The rate of oxygen consumption in the aerobic reaction decreased with time, suggesting product inhibition due to complex formation between the enzyme and the product. Anaerobic addition of D-BCNA reduced the enzyme to its fully reduced state, the CD spectrum of which closely resembles that of the enzyme reduced by excess D-alanine. When an appropriate amount of D-BCNA was added to the enzyme under air, the charge transfer complex was observed immediately, and underwent a change to the reduced state as the oxygen was consumed. The binding strength in the charge transfer complex was found to be comparable to that in DAO-benzoate complex. The accumulating product in the oxidation of D-BCNA had a strong absorption at 285 nm. The aerobic reaction of beta-cyano-L-alanine (L-BCNA) with snake venom L-amino acid oxidase (LAO) produced the same product with an absorption at 285 nm as the reaction of DAO with D-BCNA. The product obtained in the reaction with LAO was found to form the same charge transfer complex with DAO. We tentatively identified this product as alpha-amino-beta-cyanoacrylate and the charge transfer complex as the complex of alpha-amino-alpha-cyanoacrylate with the oxidized enzyme. A hypothetical reaction pathway based on the present finding is proposed. Addition of L-BCNA to the enzyme produced an absorption spectrum very similar to that of the DAO-benzoate complex without oxidation or elimination. L-BCNA was found to be a competitive inhibitor of the oxidation of D-alanine. FAU - Miura, R AU - Miura R FAU - Shiga, K AU - Shiga K FAU - Miyake, Y AU - Miyake Y FAU - Watari, H AU - Watari H FAU - Yamano, T AU - Yamano T LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - J Biochem JT - Journal of biochemistry JID - 0376600 RN - 0 (Cyanides) RN - 923-01-3 (3-cyanoalanine) RN - EC 1.4.3.3 (D-Amino-Acid Oxidase) RN - OF5P57N2ZX (Alanine) SB - IM MH - Alanine/*analogs & derivatives MH - Animals MH - Circular Dichroism MH - Cyanides MH - D-Amino-Acid Oxidase/*metabolism MH - Kidney/enzymology MH - Kinetics MH - Oxygen Consumption MH - Protein Binding MH - Protein Conformation MH - Spectrophotometry MH - Swine EDAT- 1980/05/01 00:00 MHDA- 1980/05/01 00:01 CRDT- 1980/05/01 00:00 PHST- 1980/05/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1980/05/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1980/05/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a132888 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biochem. 1980 May;87(5):1469-81. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a132888.