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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 260, Issue 6, 3373-3379, Mar, 1985

Thermodynamic control of D-amino acid oxidase by benzoate binding

S Van den Berghe-Snorek and MT Stankovich

The redox properties of D-amino acid oxidase (D-amino-acid: O2 oxidoreductase (deaminating) EC1.4.3.3) have been measured at 18 degrees C in 20 mM sodium pyrophosphate, pH 8.5, and in 50 mM sodium phosphate, pH 7.0. Over the entire pH range, 2 eq are required per mol of FAD in D-amino acid oxidase for reduction to the anion dihydroquinone. The red anion semiquinone is thermodynamically stable as indicated by the separation of the electron potentials and the quantitative formation of the semiquinone species. The first electron potential is pH-independent at -0.098 +/- 0.004 V versus SHE while the second electron potential is pH-dependent exhibiting a 0.060 mV/pH unit slope. The redox behavior of D-amino acid oxidase is consistent with that observed for other oxidase enzymes. On the other hand, the behavior of the benzoate-bound enzyme under the same conditions is in marked contrast to the thermodynamics of free D-amino acid oxidase. Spectroelectrochemical experiments performed on inhibitor-bound (benzoate) D-amino acid oxidase show that benzoate binding regulates the redox properties of the enzyme, causing the energy levels of the benzoate-bound enzyme to be consistent with the two-electron transfer catalytic function of the enzyme. Our data are consistent with benzoate binding at the enzyme active site destroying the inductive effect of the positively charged arginine residue. Others have postulated that this positively charged group near the N(1)C(2) = O position of the flavin controls the enzyme properties. The data presented here are the clearest examples yet of enzyme regulation by substrate which may be a general characteristic of all flavoprotein oxidases.
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