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. 2003 Feb;69(2):980–986. doi: 10.1128/AEM.69.2.980-986.2003

TABLE 2.

Substrate preference of purified BDA on d-amino acid amides

Substrate Relative activity (%)a
d-Alaninamide 100
d-Leucinamide 38
d-Norleucinamide 22
d-Norvalinamide 19
d-Phenylalaninamide 17.2
d-Phenylglycinamide 17
d-Tyrosinamide 16
d-Valinamide 15.2
d-Lysinamide 15
d-Tryptophanamide 13
d-Glutaminamide 10
d-Asparaginamide 7.3
d-Methioninamide 6.3
d-Prolinamide 0.4
d-Aspartic acid amide 0.2
Z-d-alanine amideb 0.0
Z-d-alanine ester 0.0
l-Phenylalaninamide 0.0
l-Leucinamide 0.0
l-Alaninamide 0.0
l-Aspartic acid amide 0.0
a

The activity for d-alaninamide, corresponding 166.7 U/mg, was taken as 100%.

b

Z, benzyloxycarbonyl.