Cloning, expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of variants of monoamine oxidase from Aspergillus niger

Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2008 Mar 1;64(Pt 3):182-5. doi: 10.1107/S174430910800345X. Epub 2008 Feb 23.

Abstract

Monoamine oxidase from Aspergillus niger (MAO-N) is an FAD-dependent enzyme that catalyses the conversion of terminal amines to their corresponding aldehydes. Variants of MAO-N produced by directed evolution have been shown to possess altered substrate specificity. Crystals of two of these variants (MAO-N-3 and MAO-N-5) have been obtained; the former displays P2(1) symmetry with eight molecules per asymmetric unit and the latter has P4(1)2(1)2 or P4(3)2(1)2 symmetry and two molecules per asymmetric unit. Solution of these structures will help shed light on the molecular determinants of improved activity and high enantioselectivity towards a broad range of substrates.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aspergillus niger / enzymology*
  • Aspergillus niger / genetics
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Crystallization
  • Gene Expression / genetics*
  • Monoamine Oxidase / blood*
  • Monoamine Oxidase / genetics
  • Monoamine Oxidase / isolation & purification
  • Monoamine Oxidase / metabolism*
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Monoamine Oxidase