Human D-amino acid oxidase: structure, function, and regulation

L Pollegioni, S Sacchi, G Murtas - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2018 - frontiersin.org
D-Amino acid oxidase (DAAO) is an FAD-containing flavoenzyme that catalyzes with
absolute stereoselectivity the oxidative deamination of all natural D-amino acids, the only …

Physiological functions of D-amino acid oxidases: from yeast to humans

L Pollegioni, L Piubelli, S Sacchi, MS Pilone… - Cellular and molecular …, 2007 - Springer
D-Amino acid oxidase (DAAO) is a FAD-containing flavoenzyme that catalyzes the oxidative
deamination of D-isomers of neutral and polar amino acids. This enzymatic activity has been …

Structure–function relationships in human d-amino acid oxidase

S Sacchi, L Caldinelli, P Cappelletti, L Pollegioni… - Amino acids, 2012 - Springer
Since d-amino acids were identified in mammals, d-serine has been one of the most
extensively studied “unnatural amino acids”. This brain-enriched transmitter-like molecule …

D-Amino acid oxidase: new findings

MS Pilone - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences CMLS, 2000 - Springer
The most recent research on D-amino acid oxidases and D-amino acid metabolism has
revealed new, intriguing properties of flavoenzymes and enlighted novel biotechnological …

Assays of D-amino acid oxidase activity

E Rosini, L Caldinelli, L Piubelli - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2018 - frontiersin.org
D-amino acid oxidase (DAAO) is a well-known flavoenzyme that catalyzes the oxidative FAD-
dependent deamination of D-amino acids. As a result of the absolute stereoselectivity and …

Human D‐amino acid oxidase: an update and review

T Kawazoe, HK Park, S Iwana, H Tsuge… - The Chemical …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The flavoprotein D‐amino acid oxidase (DAO) degrades the gliotransmitter D‐Ser, a potent
activator of N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate‐type glutamate receptors. A body of evidence suggests …

Engineering the properties of D-amino acid oxidases by a rational and a directed evolution approach

L Pollegioni, S Sacchi, L Caldinelli… - Current Protein and …, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com
D-amino acid oxidase (DAAO) is a FAD-containing flavoprotein that dehydrogenates the D-
isomer of amino acids to the corresponding imino acids, coupled with the reduction of FAD …

Bacterial d-amino acid oxidases: Recent findings and future perspectives

S Takahashi, K Abe, Y Kera - Bioengineered, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
D-Amino acid oxidase (DAO) is a flavin enzyme that catalyzes the oxidative deamination of d-
amino acids. This enzyme has been studied extensively both biochemically and structurally …

Crystal structure of human D‐amino acid oxidase: Context‐dependent variability of the backbone conformation of the VAAGL hydrophobic stretch located at the si …

T Kawazoe, H Tsuge, MS Pilone, K Fukui - Protein science, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
In the brain, the extensively studied FAD‐dependent enzyme D‐amino acid oxidase (DAO)
degrades the gliotransmitter D‐serine, a potent activator of N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate type …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of human D-amino acid oxidase

G Molla, S Sacchi, M Bernasconi, MS Pilone, K Fukui… - FEBS letters, 2006 - Elsevier
d-Amino acid oxidase (DAAO) has been proposed to be involved in the oxidation of d-
serine, an allosteric activator of the NMDA-type glutamate receptor in the brain, and to be …