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A6941

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Alcohol Oxidase from Candida boidinii

lyophilized powder, 5-15 units/mg protein

Synonym(s):

Alcohol:oxygen oxidoreductase

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CAS Number:
9073-63-6
Enzyme Commission number:
1.1.3.13 (BRENDA, IUBMB)
EC Number:
232-971-3
MDL number:
MFCD00130452
UNSPSC Code:
12352204
NACRES:
NA.54

biological source

fungus (Candida boidinii)

Quality Level

200

form

lyophilized powder

specific activity

5-15 units/mg protein

mol wt

octomer 600 kDa by sedimentation equilibrium

solubility

100 mM potassium phosphate, pH 7.5: soluble 1.0 mg/mL at 25 °C (Cold)

storage temp.

−20°C

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Application

Alcohol oxidase is used to catalyze the oxidation of short-chain, primary, aliphatic alcohols to their respective aldehydes . It may be used to study methanol metabolism is yeasts, such as Candida, Pichia, and Hansenula. It is useful to study protein translocation into peroxisomes. Product A6941 is from Candida boidinii and is provided as a lyophilized powder.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Alcohol oxidase has the highest affinity for methanol. The affinity decreases with increasing chain length of the alkyl (R) group. Alcohol oxidase is primarily localized in the peroxisome but is also found in the cytoplasm. Alcohol oxidase is a 600 kDa homooctomeric flavoprotein with eight equal 74 kDa subunits; each containing a flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) molecule. The enzyme shows little activity toward secondary, tertiary, or aromatic alcohols; or aliphatic alcohols with a chain length of more than 5 carbons. The pH range for activity of this product is 6.5-8.5, with the optimum pH being 7.5.

Unit Definition

One unit will oxidize 1.0 μmole of methanol to formaldehyde per min at pH 7.5 at 25 °C.

Physical form

Contains potassium phosphate buffer salts, DTE, and stabilizer

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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Alcohol oxidase from Candida boidinii.
H Sahm et al.
Methods in enzymology, 89 Pt D, 424-428 (1982-01-01)
B Vinet
Clinical chemistry, 33(12), 2204-2208 (1987-12-01)
This method for the specific determination of methanol in serum is based on the following two reactions: (formula; see text) Alcohol oxidase is not specific: it converts all lower alcohols to their corresponding aldehydes; however, formaldehyde dehydrogenase is specific and
Yu Sasano et al.
FEMS yeast research, 10(5), 535-544 (2010-05-25)
We identified a gene, designated TRM2, responsible for methanol-inducible gene expression in the methylotrophic yeast Candida boidinii. The encoded protein Trm2p contains two C(2)H(2)-type zinc finger motifs near the N terminus and shows high similarity to Saccharomyces cerevisiae Adr1p and
Ping Zhang et al.
Applied and environmental microbiology, 76(18), 6108-6118 (2010-07-27)
In this work, the identification and characterization of two hexose transporter homologs in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris, P. pastoris Hxt1 (PpHxt1) and PpHxt2, are described. When expressed in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae hxt-null mutant strain that is unable to take
Yasutaka Sasaki et al.
Journal of bioscience and bioengineering, 110(2), 147-151 (2010-06-16)
We have cloned a gene encoding an alcohol oxidase (AOD) specific to aldehyde alcohols from Paenibacillus sp. AIU 311. The AOD gene contains an open reading frame consisting of 618 nucleotides corresponding to 205 amino acid residues. The deduced amino
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