The following FAD flavoproteins oxidoreductases have been found [1,2] to be
evolutionary related. These enzymes, which are called 'GMC oxidoreductases',
are listed below.
- Glucose oxidase (EC 1.1.3.4) (GOX) from Aspergillus niger.
Reaction catalyzed: glucose + oxygen -> delta-gluconolactone + hydrogen
peroxide.
- Methanol oxidase (EC 1.1.3.13) (MOX) from fungi.
Reaction catalyzed: methanol + oxygen -> acetaldehyde + hydrogen peroxide.
- Choline dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.99.1) (CHD) from bacteria.
Reaction catalyzed: choline + acceptor -> βine acetaldehyde + reduced
acceptor.
- Glucose dehydrogenase (GLD) (EC 1.1.99.10) from Drosophila.
Reaction catalyzed: glucose + acceptor -> delta-gluconolactone + reduced
acceptor.
- L-sorbose 1-dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.99.32) (SDH) from Gluconobacter oxydans.
Reaction catylzed: L-sorbose + acceptor = 1-dehydro-L-sorbose + reduced
acceptor.
- Cholesterol oxidase (CHOD) (EC 1.1.3.6) from Brevibacterium sterolicum and
Streptomyces strain SA-COO.
Reaction catalyzed: cholesterol + oxygen -> cholest-4-en-3-one + hydrogen
peroxide.
- AlkJ [3], an alcohol dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas oleovorans, which
converts aliphatic medium-chain-length alcohols into aldehydes.
- Cellobiose dehydrogenase (CDH) (EC 1.1.98.18) from Phanerochaete
chrysosporium.
These enzymes are proteins of size ranging from 556 (CHD) to 664 (MOX) amino
acid residues which share a number of regions of sequence similarities. One of
these regions, located in the N-terminal section, corresponds to the FAD ADP-binding domain. The function of the other conserved domains is not yet known;
we have selected two of these domains as signature patterns. The first one is
located in the N-terminal section of these enzymes, about 50 residues after
the ADP-binding domain, while the second one is located in the central
section.