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d-amino acid oxidase

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d-amino acid oxidase
an active enzyme, widespread in animal tissues, but of little known significance in animals; capable of oxidative deamination of amino acids, but d-amino acids are almost completely absent from animal tissues.


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  (FAD) a coenzyme composed of riboflavin 5'-phosphate (FMN) and adenosine 5'-phosphate in pyrophosphate linkage; it forms the prosthetic group of certain enzymes, including d-amino acid oxidase and xanthine oxidase, serving as an electron carrier by being alternately oxidized (FAD) and reduced (FADH2).
  (FAD) a coenzyme composed of riboflavin 5'-phosphate (FMN) and adenosine 5'-phosphate in pyrophosphate linkage; it forms the prosthetic group of certain enzymes, including d-amino acid oxidase and xanthine oxidase, serving as an electron carrier by being alternately oxidized (FAD) and reduced (FADH2).
  (FAD) a coenzyme composed of riboflavin 5'-phosphate (FMN) and adenosine 5'-phosphate in pyrophosphate linkage; it forms the prosthetic group of certain enzymes, including d-amino acid oxidase and xanthine oxidase, serving as an electron carrier by being alternately oxidized (FAD) and reduced (FADH2).
 
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