D-amino acid dehydrogenase (quinone) explained

D-amino acid dehydrogenase (quinone)
Ec Number:	1.4.5.1

D-amino acid dehydrogenase (quinone) (DadA) is an enzyme with systematic name D-amino acid:quinone oxidoreductase (deaminating).^{[1] [2]} This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

\rightleftharpoons 2-oxo carboxylate + NH₃ + quinol

This enzyme is iron-sulfur flavoprotein.

Notes and References

1. Olsiewski PJ, Kaczorowski GJ, Walsh C . Purification and properties of D-amino acid dehydrogenase, an inducible membrane-bound iron-sulfur flavoenzyme from Escherichia coli B . The Journal of Biological Chemistry . 255 . 10 . 4487–94 . May 1980 . 10.1016/S0021-9258(19)85517-5 . 6102989 . free .
2. Tanigawa M, Shinohara T, Saito M, Nishimura K, Hasegawa Y, Wakabayashi S, Ishizuka M, Nagata Y . D-Amino acid dehydrogenase from Helicobacter pylori NCTC 11637 . Amino Acids . 38 . 1 . 247–55 . January 2010 . 19212808 . 10.1007/s00726-009-0240-0 . 29038373 .