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  • Kim, P.M.; Duan, X.; Huang, A.S.; Liu, C.Y.; Ming, G.L.; Song, H.; Snyder, S.H.
    Aspartate racemase, generating neuronal D-aspartate, regulates adult neurogenesis (2010), Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 107, 3175-3179.
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Cloned(Commentary)

Cloned (Comment) Organism
enzyme is cloned into pET vector, which is transformed into BL21 Escherichia coli Mus musculus

Protein Variants

Protein Variants Comment Organism
K136W the importance of lysine-136, the presumed proton donor, is highlighted by its mutation to tryptophan, which virtually abolishes racemase activity Mus musculus

Inhibitors

Inhibitors Comment Organism Structure
amino-oxyacetic acid
-
Mus musculus

KM Value [mM]

KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
3.1
-
L-aspartate recombinant enzyme Mus musculus

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
L-aspartate Mus musculus
-
D-aspartate
-
?

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Mus musculus
-
-
-

Purification (Commentary)

Purification (Comment) Organism
His-tagged aspartate racemase is purified on Talon metal affinity resin Mus musculus

Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
adrenal gland
-
Mus musculus
-
brain
-
Mus musculus
-
cerebral cortex
-
Mus musculus
-
chromaffin cell
-
Mus musculus
-
dentate gyrus
-
Mus musculus
-
heart
-
Mus musculus
-
hippocampus
-
Mus musculus
-
additional information negligible expression in liver, lung and kidney Mus musculus
-
neuroendocrine cell
-
Mus musculus
-
paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus
-
Mus musculus
-
pinealocyte
-
Mus musculus
-
pyramidal neuron
-
Mus musculus
-
stellate cell
-
Mus musculus
-
supraoptic nucleus
-
Mus musculus
-
testis
-
Mus musculus
-

Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
460
-
Vmax of recombinant enzyme, activity is assayed in 500 nl of pyrydoxal 5'-phosphate (100 nM), 0.49 ml of recombinant enzyme (0.5 mg/ml), and 0.01 mL of 1 mM L-aspartate at 37°C for 1 h in 10 mM Tris (pH 7.5) Mus musculus

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
L-aspartate
-
Mus musculus D-aspartate
-
?

Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
Aspartate racemase
-
Mus musculus

Temperature Optimum [°C]

Temperature Optimum [°C] Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
37
-
-
Mus musculus

pH Optimum

pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
7.5
-
-
Mus musculus

Cofactor

Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
pyridoxal 5'-phosphate
-
Mus musculus

General Information

General Information Comment Organism
malfunction depletion of aspartate racemase by retrovirus-mediated expression of short-hairpin RNA in newborn neurons of the adult hippocampus elicits profound defects in the dendritic development and survival of newborn neurons and survival Mus musculus
physiological function aspartate racemase regulates adult neurogenesis Mus musculus