title: Structural characterization of L-glutamate oxidase from Streptomyces sp. X-119-6.
abstract: L-Glutamate oxidase (LGOX) from Streptomyces sp. X-119-6, which catalyzes the oxidative deamination of L-glutamate, has attracted increasing attention as a component of amperometric L-glutamate sensors used in the food industry and clinical biochemistry. The precursor of LGOX, which has a homodimeric structure, is less active than the mature enzyme with an alpha(2)beta(2)V(2) structure; enzymatic proteolysis of the precursor forms the stable mature enzyme. We solved the crystal structure of mature LGOX using molecular replacement with a structurally homologous model of L-amino acid oxidase (LAAO) from snake venom: LGOX has a deeply buried active site and two entrances from the surface of the protein into the active site. Comparison of the LGOX structure with that of LAAO revealed that LGOX has three regions that are absent from the LAAO structure, one of which is involved in the formation of the entrance. Furthermore, the arrangement of the residues composing the active site differs between LGOX and LAAO, and the active site of LGOX is narrower than that of LAAO. Results of the comparative analyses described herein raise the possibility that such a unique structure of LGOX is associated with its substrate specificity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biofunctional Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, Japan.
authors.forename: Jiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arima
authors.forename: Chiduko
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Chika
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kashima
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kusakabe
authors.forename: Shigetoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugio
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inagaki
mesh_terms: D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D008970:Molecular Weight; D020836:Protein Structure, Quaternary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000201:enzymology*; D040681:Structural Homology, Protein; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D000594:Amino Acid Oxidoreductases; C023061:L-glutamate oxidase