Publications

• Snake venom L-amino acid oxidases: trends in pharmacology and biochemistry.

  Izidoro L.F., Sobrinho J.C., Mendes M.M., Costa T.R., Grabner A.N., Rodrigues V.M., da Silva S.L., Zanchi F.B., Zuliani J.P., Fernandes C.F., Calderon L.A., Stabeli R.G., Soares A.M.

  L-amino acid oxidases are enzymes found in several organisms, including venoms of snakes, where they contribute to the toxicity of ophidian envenomation. Their toxicity is primarily due to enzymatic activity, but other mechanisms have been proposed recently which require further investigation. L-a ... >> More

  L-amino acid oxidases are enzymes found in several organisms, including venoms of snakes, where they contribute to the toxicity of ophidian envenomation. Their toxicity is primarily due to enzymatic activity, but other mechanisms have been proposed recently which require further investigation. L-amino acid oxidases exert biological and pharmacological effects, including actions on platelet aggregation and the induction of apoptosis, hemorrhage, and cytotoxicity. These proteins present a high biotechnological potential for the development of antimicrobial, antitumor, and antiprotozoan agents. This review provides an overview of the biochemical properties and pharmacological effects of snake venom L-amino acid oxidases, their structure/activity relationship, and supposed mechanisms of action described so far. << Less

  Biomed Res Int 2014:196754-196754(2014) [PubMed] [EuropePMC]

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• The macromolecule with antimicrobial activity synthesized by Pseudoalteromonas luteoviolacea strains is an L-amino acid oxidase.

  Gomez D., Espinosa E., Bertazzo M., Lucas-Elio P., Solano F., Sanchez-Amat A.

  Two purple pigmented bacterial strains, CPMOR-1 and CPMOR-2, have been newly isolated from the Mediterranean Sea. 16S RNA sequencing and phenotypic characteristics indicate that they belong to the species Pseudoalteromonas luteoviolacea. The synthesis of macromolecules with antimicrobial activity ... >> More

  Two purple pigmented bacterial strains, CPMOR-1 and CPMOR-2, have been newly isolated from the Mediterranean Sea. 16S RNA sequencing and phenotypic characteristics indicate that they belong to the species Pseudoalteromonas luteoviolacea. The synthesis of macromolecules with antimicrobial activity is a capacity described in many strains of this species although the nature of those macromolecules has not been reported up to now. The search for antimicrobial compounds in the two new strains described in this work shows that they synthesize a macromolecule with antimicrobial activity that can be inhibited by catalase, as it had been described in the type strain P. luteoviolacea NCIMB 1893(T). This work elucidates the nature of such macromolecule as a novel L-amino acid oxidase (LAO) with broad substrate specificity. The enzyme is most active with Met, Gln, Leu, Phe, Glu, and Trp. In growth media containing those amino acids, the hydrogen peroxide generated by the reaction catalyzed by the LAO mediates its antimicrobial activity. << Less

  Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 79:925-930(2008) [PubMed] [EuropePMC]

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