title: Occurrence of a novel yeast enzyme, L-lysine epsilon-dehydrogenase, which catalyses the first step of lysine catabolism in Candida albicans.
abstract: The yeast Candida albicans is able to utilize L-lysine as the sole nitrogen and carbon source accompanied by intracellular accumulation of alpha-aminoadipate-delta-semialdehyde. A novel yeast amino acid dehydrogenase catalysing the oxidative deamination of the epsilon-group of L-lysine was found in this yeast. The enzyme, L-lysine epsilon-dehydrogenase, is strongly induced in cells grown on L-lysine as the sole nitrogen source. The enzyme is specific for both L-lysine and NADP+. The Km values were determined to be 0.87 mM for L-lysine and 0.071 mM for NADP+. An apparent Mr of 87,000 was estimated by gel filtration. The enzyme has maximum activity at pH 9.5 and a temperature optimum of 32 degrees C under our assay conditions.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biochemie, Fachrichtung Biologie, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hammer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bode
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Birnbaum
mesh_terms: D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000201:enzymology*; D003470:Culture Media; D007700:Kinetics; D008239:Lysine / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; C034168:lysine epsilon-dehydrogenase; D008239:Lysine