Development of a high-throughput screening method for racemase activity and its application to the identification of alanine racemase variants with activity towards l-arginine

Simon C. Willies, Jemma L. White, Nicholas J. Turner

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    Abstract

    A high-throughput solid phase screening method has been developed for alanine racemase. Conversion of an l-amino acid to the d-amino acid is detected by a d-amino acid oxidase, which is utilised as a reporter enzyme along with horseradish peroxidase and a colourimetric dye. This system has successfully been used to identify a mutant with increased activity towards arginine. Kinetic analysis and modelling studies have been performed to understand the effect of the mutations found. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)7564-7567
    Number of pages3
    JournalTetrahedron
    Volume68
    Issue number37
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 16 Sept 2012

    Keywords

    • Amino acid
    • Biocatalysis
    • High-throughput screening
    • Protein engineering
    • Racemase

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