title: Purification and properties of Aerococcus viridans lactate oxidase.
abstract: Lactate oxidase was purified from cells of Aerococcus viridans by a procedure which utilized ammonium sulfate fractionation, DEAE Sepharose CL-6B chromatography, and Sephadex G-100 chromatography. The final preparation was homogeneous by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The enzyme appears to be a tetramer with a subunit molecular weight of 44,000 and utilizes FMN as a cofactor. The enzyme was highly specific for L-lactate. D-lactate, glycolate, and D,L-2-hydroxybutyrate were not oxidized by the enzyme but were competitive inhibitors. The enzyme could be irreversibly inactivated by incubation with bromopyruvate. This inactivation appears to involve a covalent modification near the active site of the enzyme; however, the flavin cofactor is not the site of this modification.
authors.affiliation: Calbiochem, La Jolla, CA 92037.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Wallis
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Azari
mesh_terms: D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D007700:Kinetics; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism; D008970:Molecular Weight; D013289:Streptococcaceae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; C021497:lactate 2-monooxygenase