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Query: EC:1.4.1.2 (glutamate dehydrogenase)
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The use of L-glutamate dehydrogenase (GLUD) as a reagent in staining mixtures to detect the isozymes of enzymes which catalyze the production of ammonia has been investigated. Methods have been devised for the electrophoresis and detection, using GLUD, of seven enzymes: cytidine deaminase, adenosine deaminase, adenosine monophosphate deaminase, arginase, argininosuccinase, D-amino acid oxidase, and D-aspartate oxidase. GLUD-linked staining methods appear to be sensitive, specific, and of general application.
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PMID:Detection after electrophoresis of enzymes involved in ammonia metabolism using L-glutamate dehydrogenase as a linking enzyme. 2 58

Methods are described in which liberation of ammonia from amino acid substrates by the D- and L-amino acid oxidases may be coupled with the NADH-dependent reductive amination of 2-oxoglutarate catalysed by exogenous glutamate dehydrogenase (L-glutamate: NAD oxidoreductase (deaminating), EC 1.4.1.2). The inhibition of D-amino acid oxidase (D-amino acid:O2 oxidoreductase (deaminating), EC 1.4.3.3) by ADP needed to activate and stabilise glutamate dehydrogenase was relieved by FAD, and the substrate was D-alanine at approximately 6-fold Km concentration. Neither FAD or FMN were required in the L-amino acid oxidase (L-amino acid:O2 oxidoreductase (deaminating), EC 1.4.3.2) assay; this utilised L-leucine as substrate in a concentration approximately 7-fold the Km value. The methods were reasonably sensitive and precise, and a linear relationship between activity and enzyme concentration prevailed up to an absorbance change of 0.050 per min. They have the advantage of being amenable to automation and to employment of fluorescence techniques should greater sensitivity be required.
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PMID:Coupled optical rate determinations of amino acid oxidase activity. 23 96

This paper concerns an enzymological investigation into a putative feline analogue of the human autosomal recessive disease primary hyperoxaluria type 2. The hepatic activities of D-glycerate dehydrogenase, using both D-glycerate and hydroxypyruvate as substrates, and glyoxylate reductase, which are the deficient enzyme activities in human primary hyperoxaluria type 2, were markedly depleted in four affected cats (0-6% of controls). The activities of a number of other enzymes, lactate dehydrogenase, glutamate dehydrogenase, D-amino acid oxidase, aspartate:2-oxoglutarate amino-transferase, glutamate:glyoxylate aminotransferase and alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase (the deficient enzyme in primary hyperoxaluria type 1) were unaltered. The intracellular distribution of D-glycerate dehydrogenase and glyoxylate reductase in cat liver was shown to be cytosolic, as they are in human liver. The activities of D-glycerate dehydrogenase and glyoxylate reductase were determined in unaffected related cats and putative heterozygotes were identified. The correlation between D-glycerate dehydrogenase and glyoxylate reductase activities in the related cats and their combined deficiency in the affected cats confirmed previous suggestions that they are identical gene products.
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PMID:Enzymological characterization of a feline analogue of primary hyperoxaluria type 2: a model for the human disease. 251 73

L-Pipecolic acid oxidation was studied in the rabbit and cynomolgus monkey. Tissue homogenates from both species incubated with L-[2,3,4,5,6-3H]pipecolic acid produced a single radioactive product identified as alpha-aminoadipic acid. In the rabbit, L-pipecolic acid oxidation was greatest in kidney cortex with progressively lesser specific activities in liver, heart, and brain. When rabbit kidney cortex was fractionated by differential centrifugation or on Percoll gradients, activity paralleled that of the mitochondrial marker, glutamate dehydrogenase. In sonicated mitochondria, 92% of the activity was in the soluble fraction. Activity was inhibited by both rotenone and antimycin A and was maximal when FAD, phenazine ethosulfate, and glycerol were included in the assay; Km,app was 0.74 +/- 0.16 mM. Nipecotic acid, piperidine, and cis-2,4-piperidine dicarboxylic acid did not inhibit L-pipecolic acid oxidation, while L-proline had a Ki greater than or equal to 10 mM. D-Alanine and kojic acid, substrate and inhibitor of D-amino acid oxidase, respectively, were also not inhibitory. When monkey kidney cortex was fractionated on Percoll gradients, L-pipecolic acid oxidation activity paralleled that of the peroxisomal marker, catalase. After organellar subfractionation, the activity was membrane-associated and maximal at pH 8.5; Km,app was 4.22 +/- 0.30 mM. L-Pipecolic acid oxidation produced hydrogen peroxide, suggesting involvement of an oxidase in alpha-aminoadipic acid formation. Antimycin A did not inhibit the reaction. No specific cofactor requirements were identified and phenazine ethosulfate inhibited the reaction. D-Pipecolic acid, L-proline, and the other compounds cited above did not significantly inhibit the activity.
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PMID:L-pipecolic acid oxidation in the rabbit and cynomolgus monkey. Evidence for differing organellar locations and cofactor requirements in each species. 291 18

Freeze-substituted rat liver embedded in glycol methacrylate (GMA) has been used to demonstrate the activities of several enzymes. The following enzymes could be detected in GMA-sections by the indicated histochemical procedure(s): 5'-nucleotidase (lead salt, cerium-diaminobenzidine), alkaline phosphatase (indoxyl-tetrazolium salt), catalase (diaminobenzidine), acid phosphatase (diazonium salt), lactate dehydrogenase (tetrazolium salt) and glutamate dehydrogenase (tetrazolium salt). The activities of all these enzymes were dramatically decreased compared with the activities demonstrated in unfixed cryostat sections, with the exception of catalase. The activities of the following enzymes could not be detected in GMA-sections: glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (tetrazolium salt), xanthine oxidoreductase (tetrazolium salt), D-amino acid oxidase (cerium-diaminobenzidine-cobalt-hydrogen peroxide) and glucose-6-phosphatase (cerium-diaminobenzidine). The possible role of restricted penetration of reagents into the resin was studied by measuring cytophotometrically the enzyme activities in GMA-sections of 3 and 6 microns in thickness. For all the enzymes that could be detected, the 6 microns:3 microns ratio varied from 1.4 to 2.7. An eventual retarded penetration of reagents into the resin was investigated by measuring cytophotometrically the amount of final reaction product during incubation for acid phosphatase and glutamate dehydrogenase activities. In both cases linear relationships without a lag phase were found for the specific enzyme activities with incubation time. Chemical denaturation of proteins or masking of active sites in proteins due to embedding in the resin monomer may be considered to be the main cause of decreased enzyme activities.
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PMID:Quantitative aspects of enzyme histochemistry on sections of freeze-substituted glycol methacrylate-embedded rat liver. 827 44

The effect of storage of unfixed cryostat sections from rat liver for 4 h, 24 h, 3 days and 7 days at -25 degrees C was studied on the activities of lactate dehydrogenase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, xanthine oxidoreductase, glutamate dehydrogenase, succinate dehydrogenase (all demonstrated with tetrazolium salt procedures), glucose-6-phosphatase (cerium-diaminobenzidine method), 5'-nucleotidase (lead salt method), dipeptidyl peptidase II, acid phosphatase (both simultaneous azo coupling methods), D-amino acid oxidase (cerium-diaminobenzidine-cobalt-hydrogen peroxide procedure) and catalase (diaminobenzidine method). The effect of drying of the cryostat sections at room temperature for 5 and 60 min was investigated as well. The enzyme activities were quantified by cytophotometric measurements of test and control reactions. The test minus control reaction was taken as a measure for specific enzyme activity. It was found that the activities of all the enzymes investigated, with one exception, were affected neither by storage of the cryostat sections at -25 degrees C for up to 7 days, nor by drying of the sections at room temperature for up to 60 min. The exception was xanthine oxidoreductase, whose activity was reduced by 20% after 5 min drying of sections or after 4 h storage. Therefore, only incubations for xanthine oxidoreductase activity have to be performed immediately after cutting cryostat sections, whereas for the other enzymes a considerable margin appears to exist.
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PMID:The effects of storage on the retention of enzyme activity in cryostat sections. A quantitative histochemical study on rat liver. 846 85

Inactivation of D-amino acid oxidase occurred by different mechanisms. The enzyme showed a rapid loss of activity in the presence of micromolar amounts of Cu2+ and Hg2+. It was also sensitive to oxidative inactivation by Fe2+ and H2O2 when both reagents were added in millimolar amounts. When oxidatively inactivated D-amino acid oxidase and a corresponding non-treated control were modified with the sulfhydryl-modifying, fluorescent reagent monobromobimane and subsequently digested with endoproteinase Glu-C, Cys-298 was identified to be a target for oxidative modification according to differences in the known peptide profile of fluorescence intensity. Another reason for the observed loss of enzyme activity in crude extracts was the specific proteolytic digestion of D-amino acid oxidase, which was dependent on the growth phase of the cells used. This cleavage was catalyzed by a serine-type proteinase and was the introductory step for the further complete degradation of the enzyme. In addition, a coenriched 50-kDa protein, identified as NADPH-specific glutamate dehydrogenase, significantly decreased the stability of the D-amino acid oxidase activity. Treatment of apo-D-amino acid oxidase from T. variabilis with monobromobimane resulted in a significantly increased fluorescence of two peptides, neither of which contained any cysteine residue. Thus, an involvement of cysteine residues in binding the FAD coenzyme should be excluded.
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PMID:Studies on the inactivation of the flavoprotein D-amino acid oxidase from Trigonopsis variabilis. 873 70

L-6-Hydroxynorleucine, a key chiral intermediate used for synthesis of a vasopeptidase inhibitor, was prepared in 89% yield and > 99% optical purity by reductive amination of 2-keto-6-hydroxyhexanoic acid using glutamate dehydrogenase from beef liver. In an alternate process, racemic 6-hydroxynorleucine produced by hydrolysis of 5-(4-hydroxybutyl)hydantoin was treated with D-amino acid oxidase to prepare a mixture containing 2-keto-6-hydroxyhexanoic acid and L-6-hydroxynorleucine followed by the reductive amination procedure to convert the mixture entirely to L-6-hydroxynorleucine, with yields of 91 to 97% and optical purities of > 99%.
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PMID:Enzymatic synthesis of L-6-hydroxynorleucine. 1057 33

Biocatalytic processes were used to prepare chiral intermediates required for the synthesis of Omapatrilat 1 by three different routes. The synthesis and enzymatic conversion of 2-keto-6-hydroxyhexanoic acid 3 to L-6-hydroxynorleucine 2 was demonstrated by reductive amination using beef liver glutamate dehydrogenase. To avoid the lengthy chemical synthesis of the ketoacid 3, a second route was developed to prepare the ketoacid by treatment of racemic 6-hydroxy norleucine [readily available from hydrolysis of 5-(4-hydroxybutyl) hydantoin 4] with D-amino acid oxidase from porcine kidney or Trigonopsis variabilis followed by reductive amination to convert the mixture completely to L-6-hydroxynorleucine in 98% yield and 99% enantiomeric excess (e.e.). The enzymatic synthesis of (S)-2-amino-5-(1,3-dioxolan-2-yl)-pentanoic acid (allysine ethylene acetal, 5) was demonstrated using phenylalanine dehydrogenase (PDH) from T. intermedius. Phenylalanine dehydrogenase was cloned and overexpressed in Escherichia coli and Pichia pastoris. Using PDH from E. coli or P. pastoris, the enzymatic process was scale-up to prepare kg quantity of allysine ethylene acetal 5. The reaction yields of >94% and e.e. of >98% were obtained for allysine ethylene acetal 5. An enzymatic process was developed for the synthesis of [4S-(4a,7a,10ab)]1-octahydro-5-oxo-4 [[(phenylmethoxy)carbonyl]amino]-7H-pyrido-[2,1-b] [1,3]thiazepine-7-carboxylic acid [BMS-199541-01]. The enzymatic oxidation of the epsilon-amino group of lysine in the dipeptide dimer N(2)-[N[[(phenyl-methoxy)carbonyl] L-homocysteinyl] L-lysine)-1,1-disulphide [BMS-201391-01] to produce BMS-199541-01 using a novel L-lysine epsilon-aminotransferase (LAT) from Sphingomonas paucimobilis SC 16113 was demonstrated. This enzyme was overexpressed in E. coli and a process was developed using the recombinant enzyme.
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PMID:Enzymatic synthesis of chiral intermediates for Omapatrilat, an antihypertensive drug. 1133 76

Biocatalytic processes were used to prepare chiral intermediates for pharmaceuticals. These include the following processes. Enzymatic synthesis of [4S-(4a,7a,10ab)]1-octahydro-5-oxo-4-[[(phenylmethoxy) carbonyl]amino]-7H-pyrido-[2,1-b] [1,3]thiazepine-7-carboxylic acid methyl ester (BMS-199541-01), a key chiral intermediate for synthesis of a new vasopeptidase inhibitor. Enzymatic oxidation of the epsilon-amino group of lysine in dipeptide dimer N2-[N[[(phenylmethoxy)carbonyl] L-homocysteinyl] L-lysine)1,1-disulfide (BMS-201391-01) to produce BMS-199541-01 using a novel L-lysine epsilon-aminotransferase from S. paucimobilis SC16113 was demonstrated. This enzyme was overexpressed in E. coli, and a process was developed using recombinant enzyme. The aminotransferase reaction required alpha-ketoglutarate as the amine acceptor. Glutamate formed during this reaction was recycled back to alpha-ketoglutarate by glutamate oxidase from S. noursei SC6007. Synthesis and enzymatic conversion of 2-keto-6-hydroxyhexanoic acid 5 to L-6-hydroxy norleucine 4 was demonstrated by reductive amination using beef liver glutamate dehydrogenase. To avoid the lengthy chemical synthesis of ketoacid 5, a second route was developed to prepare the ketoacid by treatment of racemic 6-hydroxy norleucine (readily available from hydrolysis of 5-(4-hydroxybutyl) hydantoin, 6) with D-amino acid oxidase from porcine kidney or T. variabilis followed by reductive amination to convert the mixture to L-6-hydroxynorleucine in 98% yield and 99% enantiomeric excess. Enzymatic synthesis of (S)-2-amino-5-(1,3-dioxolan-2-yl)-pentanoic acid (allysine ethylene acetal, 7), one of three building blocks used for synthesis of a vasopeptidase inhibitor, was demonstrated using phenylalanine dehydrogenase from T. intermedius. The reaction requires ammonia and NADH. NAD produced during the reaction was recycled to NADH by oxidation of formate to CO2 using formate dehydrogenase. Efficient synthesis of chiral intermediates required for total chemical synthesis of a beta 3 receptor agonist was demonstrated. These include: (a) microbial reduction of 4-benzyloxy-3-methanesulfonylamino-2'-bromoacetophenone 9 to corresponding (R)-alcohol 10 by S. paucimobilis SC16113, (b) enzymatic resolution of racemic alpha-methyl phenylalanine amide 11 and alpha-methyl-4-hydroxyphenylalanine amide 13 by amidase from M. neoaurum ATCC 25795 to prepare corresponding (S)-amino acids 12 and 14, and (c) asymmetric hydrolysis of methyl-(4-methoxyphenyl)-propanedioic acid ethyl diester 15 to corresponding (S)-monoester 16 by pig liver esterase. (S)[1-(acetoxyl)-4-(3-phenyl)butyl]phosphonic acid diethyl ester 21, a key chiral intermediate required for total chemical synthesis of BMS-188494 (an anticholesterol drug) was prepared by stereoselective acetylation of racemic [1-(hydroxy)-4-(3-phenyl)butyl]phosphonic acid diethyl ester 22 using G. candidum lipase. Lipase-catalyzed stereoselective acetylation of racemic 7-[N,N'-bis-(benzyloxy-carbonyl)N-(guanidinoheptanoyl)]-alpha-hydroxy-glycine 24 to corresponding S-(-)-acetate 25 was demonstrated. S-(-)-acetate 25 is a key intermediate for total chemical synthesis of (-)-15-deoxyspergualin 23, an immunosuppressive agent and antitumor antibiotic. Stereoselective microbial reduction of (1S)[3-chloro-2-oxo-1-(phenyl-methyl)propyl] carbamic acid, 1,1-dimethyl-ethyl ester 26 to corresponding chiral alcohol 27a (a key chiral intermediate for HIV protease inhibitors) was also demonstrated. Stereospecific enzymatic hydrolysis of racemic epoxide RS-1-[2',3'-dihydro benzo[b]furan-4'-yl]-1,2-oxirane 29 the corresponding R-diol 30 and unreacted chiral S-epoxide 28 was demonstrated using R. glutinis and A. niger. Dynamic resolution of racemic diol RS-1-[2',3'-dihydrobenzo[b]furan-4'-yl]-ethane-1,2-diol 32 to corresponding S-diol S-1-[2',3'-dihydrobenzo[b]furan-4'-yl]-ethane-1,2-diol 31 was demonstrated using C. boidinii and P. methanolica. Chiral (S)-epoxide 28 and (S)-diol 31 are key intermediates for a new prospective circadian modulator drug. Enzymatic resolution of racemic 2-pentanol and 2-heptanol by lipase B from Candida antarctica was demonstrated. S-(+)-2-pentanol is a key chiral intermediate required for synthesis of anti-Alzheimer's drugs.
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PMID:Microbial/enzymatic synthesis of chiral drug intermediates. 1287 94


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