title: N-carbamoyl-D-amino acid amidohydrolase from Comamonas sp. E222c purification and characterization.
abstract: N-Carbamoyl-D-amino acid amidohydrolase was purified 119-fold, with 36% overall recovery from a cell-free extract of Comamonas sp. E222c. The purified enzyme was homogeneous as judged by SDS/PAGE. The relative molecular mass of the native enzyme was 120,000 and that of the subunit was 40,000. The purified enzyme hydrolyzed various N-carbamoyl-D-amino acids to D-amino acids, ammonia and carbon dioxide. N-Carbamoyl-D-amino acids having hydrophobic groups served as good substrates for the enzyme. The Km and Vmax values for N-carbamoyl-D-phenylalanine were 19.7 mM and 13.1 units/mg, respectively, and those for N-carbamoyl-D-p-hydroxyphenylglycine were 13.1 mM and 0.56 units/mg, respectively. The enzyme strictly recognized the configuration of the substrate and only the D-enantiomer of the N-carbamoyl amino acid was hydrolyzed. The enzyme activity was not significantly affected by N-carbamoyl-L-amino acids and ammonia. The enzyme was sensitive to thiol reagents and did not require metal ions for its activity. The enzyme did not hydrolyze N-carbamoyl-beta-alanine or N-carbamoyl-DL-aspartate suggesting that the enzyme is different from the N-carbamoylamide-hydrolyzing enzymes involved in the pyrimidine degradation pathway. The enzyme did not hydrolyze allantoin and allantoic acid, which are intermediates in purine degradation, N-carbamoylsarcosine and citrulline, suggesting that it is a novel N-carbamoylamide amidohydrolase.
authors: Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Ogawa
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Shimizu
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Yamada
mesh_terms: D000581:Amidohydrolases / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D002474:Cell-Free System; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000201:enzymology*; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D000581:Amidohydrolases; C080477:N-carbamoyl-D-amino acid amidohydrolase