L-Amino Acid Oxidase from Crotalus adamanteus Venom, CAS No.9000-89-9

CAS: 9000-89-9 Cat. No.: A128538 EC Number: 232-564-0 PubChem CID: 135330843

GRADE & PURITY EnzymoPure™, ≥4 units/mg protein

Accession #

O93364; F8S0Z5

Bioactivity

≥4 units/mg protein

Overview

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One Unit oxidizes one micormole of L-leucine per minute at 25°C, pH 7.6.

L-Amino Acid Oxidase is an oligomeric glycoprotein composed of unequal amounts of two different approximately 70 kDa subunits. Three electrophoretically different isozymes occur as different combinations of the two subunits. there are approximately two moles of FAD per mole of holo-enzyme. L-amino acid oxidase catalyzes the oxidative deamination of a number of L-amino acids. The enzyme is absolutely specific for L-isomers. The Aladdin product is prepared according to Wellner and Meister, JBC, 235, 2013, (1960) to the point just prior to crystallization.An aqueous solution with toluene added as a preservative.

L-amino acid oxidase (LAAO) catalyzes the oxidative deamination of a number of L-amino acids, predominantly hydrophobic and aromatic L-amino acids. LAAO represents approximately 30% of the total venom of some snake species (Takatsuka et al. 2001). 
History
LAAO was first discovered by Zeller and Maritz (Zeller and Maritz 1944, 1945). It was found to occur in almost all snake venoms and designated a flavoprotein in 1948 (Zeller 1948). 
LAAO was first prepared in crystalline form in 1958 by Wellner and Meister. In 1960, Wellner and Meister studied properties of the enzyme including prosthetic groups, electrophoretic fractions, stability, and pH dependence. In this study, they also isolated LAAO of Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus to compare it to that of C. adamanteus. Soon after, the enzyme mechanism was studied and further details of the mechanism were elucidated (Wellner and Meister 1961, and Massey and Curti 1967). The kinetics of the oxidase reaction were also investigated (Radd 1964, and Zeller et al. 1965).
In the 1970s vinylglycine was determined to be a suicide substrate/inactivator of LAAO (Marcotte and Walsh 1976), and the effect of pH and competitive inhibitors was also studied (de Kok and Veeger 1968). LAAO of C. adamanteus was the first LAAO found to act as a bactericidal agent, a property that is still being studied today (Skarnes 1970, and Zuliani et al. 2009). The gene sequence was determined in 1998 by Raibekas and Massey. 
Recent work has involved using LAAOs to study apoptotic and cytotoxic effects (Stábeli et al. 2007), and LAAO is also being studied for its use as an anti-parasitic agent (Sant’Ana et al. 2008). 
Specificity
LAAO is specific for L-isomers. Substrates are the L-isomers of leucine, isoleucine, norleucine, alpha-amino butyric acid, phenylalanine, tyrosine, tryptophan norvaline, methionine, histidine, and citrulline. Histidine and tyrosine cannot be determined in an L,D-mixture (Malmstadt and Hadjiioannov 1963). Methylene blue may be used as an electron acceptor. L-serine, threonine, aspartic acid, glutaric acid, lysine, and ornithine are deaminated only to a limited extent.
LAAO is believed to contain three hydrophobic substrate binding sites, designated a, b, and c. Subsite a accommodates one methylene carbon, b two, and c three. An amino binding subsite is designated d (Tan et al. 1991). This model is used to explain why amino acids with branching at the second carbon are unable to accommodate into subsite a, and are oxidized slowly or not at all (Zuliani et al. 2009). 
Composition
LAAOs are FAD-dependent enzymes and are usually homodimeric, binding glycoproteins with molecular masses of 110-150 kDA. Important residues identified in C. rhodostoma LAAO include Glu63, Arg71, and Glu457, which interact with the FAD molecule. The dimethylbenzene ring cofactor is surrounded by Ile374, Trp420, and Ile430; Lys326 coordinates a water molecule (Pawelek et al. 2000). These residues have been found to be conserved in the majority of snake venom LAAOs (Pawelek et al. 2000, and França et al. 2007).
Molecular Characteristics
LAAOs are widely distributed, being found in bacteria, fungi, green algae, plants, and snake venom. LAAOs of snake venom show a high degree of sequence homology, with conservation of at least 13 of the 24 N-terminal amino acids that are believed to be involved in substrate binding. (Zuliani et al. 2009). The N-terminal sequence contains a highly conserved beta-alpha-beta-fold domain involved in FAD binding (Du et al. 2002).
Applications
Purification and determination of certain amino acids (Nicholson and Kim 1975)
Preparation of alpha-keto acid (Nicholson and Kim 1975)
Assaying peptidase activity (Nicholson and Kim 1975, and Donlon and Fottrell 1971)
Oxidation reactions
Catalyst in supercritical CO2 (Findrik et al. 2005)

Method
The reaction velocity is determined in a peroxidase coupled system by measuring the increase in A436 resulting from the oxidation of L-leucine. One unit oxidizes one micromole of L-leucine per minute at 25°C and pH 7.6 under the specified conditions.
Reagents
0.2 M Triethanolamine buffer pH 7.6 containing 0.1% L-leucine and 0.0065% o-dianisidine
1.0% Peroxidase: Dissolve Worthington Peroxidase (HPOD) at 10 mg/ml in water.
Enzyme
Dilute enzyme in reagent grade water to 0.05-0.2 units per milliliter.
Procedure
Adjust spectrophotometer to 436 nm and 25°C.
Pipette into cuvettes 0.01 ml of 10 mg/ml peroxidase and 2.9 ml of 0.2 M triethanolamine-leucine-o-dianisidine mixture.
Incubate in spectrophotometer at 25°C for 4-5 minutes to achieve temperature equilibration and record blank rate, if any. Add 0.1 ml of appropriately diluted enzyme and record increase in absorbance at 436 nm for 4-5 minutes. Calculate ΔA436 from the initial linear portion of the slope. Subtract blank rate if present.
Calculation

Specifications

Product Name

L-Amino Acid Oxidase from Crotalus adamanteus Venom, CAS No.9000-89-9

Synonyms

L-AAO | L-Amino acid：oxygen oxidoreductase(deaminating)

Grade

EnzymoPure™

Specifications & Purity

EnzymoPure™, ≥4 units/mg protein

Biochemical and Physiological Mechanisms

L-Amino acid oxidase is a flavoprotein with a molecular weight of 130 kDa. It consists of two different subunits of approximately 70, 000 Da. Each molecule of holoenzyme has two FAD molecules. It is a glycoprotein containing about 2-5% carbohydrate, includ

Bioactivity

≥4 units/mg protein

Accession #

O93364; F8S0Z5

CAS

9000-89-9

Enzyme Commission Number

EC: 1.4.3.2

Molecule Type

Enzyme

Storage and Shipping

Concentration

≥4 units/mg protein

Storage

Store at 2-8°C

Shipped In

Wet ice

Unit definition

One Unit oxidizes one micormole of L-leucine per minute at 25°C, pH 7.6.

References

1. Gao Yang, Luo Mingdu, Wang Hongmiao, Zhou Zhiwei, Yin Yandong, Wang Ruohong, Xing Beizi, Yang Xiaohua, Cai Yuping, Zhu Zheng-Jiang.  (2025)  Charting unknown metabolic reactions by mass spectrometry-resolved stable-isotope tracing metabolomics.  Nature Communications,  16  (1): (1-16).  [PMID:40450004] [10.1038/s41467-025-60258-7]