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APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 69, Issue 1, Pages 139-145Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.1.139-145.2002
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We succeeded in isolating several thermostable mutant fructosyl-amino acid oxidase (FAOX; EC 1.5.3) without reduction of productivity by directed evolution that combined an in vivo mutagenesis and membrane assay screening system. Five amino acid substitutions (T60A, A188G, M244L, N257S, and L261M) occurred in the most thermostable mutant obtained by a fourth round of directed evolution. This altered enzyme, FAOX-TE, was stable at 45degreesC, whereas the wild-type enzyme was not stable above 37degreesC. The K-m values of FAOX-TE for D-fructosyl-L-valine and D-fructosyl-glycine were 1.50 and 0.58 mM, respectively, in contrast with corresponding values of 1.61 and 0.74 mM for the wild-type enzyme. This altered FAOX-TE will be useful in the diagnosis of diabetes.
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