D- and L-6-Hydroxynicotine Oxidase, Enantiozymes of Arthrobacter oxidans

Abstract

D- and ʟ-hydroxynicotine oxidase were obtained in homogeneous form and compared with regard to molecular weight, subunit structure, reaction mechanism, and specificity. The most striking differences between these enantiozymes are the type of coenzyme binding and the reactivity towards artificial two-electron acceptors.