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Application

L-amino acid oxidase is used to convert L-amino acids to their corresponding α-keto acids. Product A5147 is from Crotalus atrox. L-amino acid oxidase, from Sigma, has been used in leucine aminopeptidase (LAP) activity assays .

Biochem/physiol Actions

L-amino acid oxidase is involved in various metabolic pathways such as alanine and aspartate metabolism, methionine metabolism, valine, leucine and isoleucine degradation, tyrosine metabolism, phenylalanine metabolism, tryptophan metabolism, phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan biosynthesis, and alkaloid biosynthesis .