Table of Contents: Preface
Chapter 1. Purification of Alanine Racemase from Helicobacter pylori, pp. 1-4
(Katsushi Nishimura and Yoko Bagata)
Chapter 2. Disruption of Alanine Racemase Gene of Schizosaccharomyces pombe, pp. 5-10
(Takayuki Kazuoka, Takuma Uo and Nobuyoshi Esaki)
Chapter 3. Assay Method for Aspartate Racemase Activity by HPLC, pp. 11-17
(Noriyuki Nimura and Hiroshi Homma)
Chapter 4. Serine Racemase of Silkworm, Bombyx mori, pp. 19-23
(Tohru Yoshimura)
Chapter 5. Recombinant Serine Racemase Preparation, pp. 25-28
(Veronika N. Foltyn and Herman Wolosker)
Chapter 6. D-Amino Acid Oxidase Activity Assays, pp. 29-39
(Maria A. Vanoni and Bruno Curti)
Chapter 7. Histochemical Detection of D-Amino-Acid Oxidase Activity in Rat Brain, pp. 41-45
(Hiroyuki Tanaka, Atsushi Yamamoto, Tetsuo Ishida and Kihachiro)
Chapter 8. Evaluation of Chiral Inversion of D-Amino Acid by Stable Isotope Methodology, pp. 47-58
(Hiroshi Hasegawa, Yoshihiko Shinohara and Takao Hashimoto)
Chapter 9. Engineering the Substrate Specificity of D-Amino Acid Oxidase by Rational and Directed Evolution Methods, pp. 59-71
(Elena Rosini, Silvia Sacchi, Mattia Pedotti, Mirella S. Pilone, Loredano Pollegioni, and Gianluca Molla)
Chapter 10. Transformation of Plants with D-Amino Acid Resistance Selectable Markers, pp. 73-79
(Oskar Forsum and Torgny Nasholm)
Chapter 11. Screening for Mutant Mice Lacking D-Amino-Acid Oxidase Activity, pp. 81-85
(Ryuichi Konno)
Chapter 12. Astroglial Expression of D-Amino Acid Oxidase: Regional and Cell-Type Specific Expression, pp. 87-97
(Hwan Ki Park, Yoshiteru Urai, Osamu Jinnouchi, Atsuhiko Suzue, Tokujiro Kanamori, Kyung Tak Kwak, Oded Ben-Yoseph, Shinji Nagahiro, and Kiyoshi Fukui)
Chapter 13. D-Amino Acid Oxidase: A Versatile Tool to Study the Function of the Glial-Derived Neuromodulator D-Serine at Glutamatergic Synapses, pp. 99-111
(Jean-Pierre Mothet)
Chapter 14. Resonance Raman Study on Charge-Transfer Complexes
of Porcine D-Amino Acid Oxidase, pp. 113-122
(Yasuzo Nishina, Kyosuke Sato, and Kiyoshi Shiga)
Chapter 15. Immunodetection of D-Aspartate Oxidase, pp. 123-127
(Gabriella Tedeschi, Severino Ronchi and Kiyoshi Armando Negri)
Chapter 16. High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic Determination of D-Aspartate Oxidase Activity in Rat Tissues, pp. 129-134
(Atsushi Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Tetsuo Ishida, and Kihachiro Horiike)
Chapter 17. Cloning of the Human Brain D-Aspartate Oxidase cDNA and its Expression in Escherichia coli, pp. 135-140
(Chiaki Setoyama and Retsu Miura)
Chapter 18. Methods for N-Acyl-d-Amino Acid Amidohydrolase Research, pp. 141-153
(Mamoru Wakayama, Kazuaki Yoshimune, and Mitsuake Moriguchi)
Chapter 19. Activity Measurement of Hydantoin Racemase Enzyme: A Key for the Production of Optically Pure D-Amino Acids, pp. 155-160
(Sergio Martinez-Rodriguez, Josefa Maria Clementa-Jimenez, Felipe Rodriguez-Vico and Francisco Javier Las Heras-Vazquez)
Chapter 20. Enzymes Acting on D-Amino Acid Amides, pp. 161-172
(Yasuhisa Asano)
Chapter 21. Activity on D-Tryptophan Attributable to Trivial Conformational Change of Trypotphanase in Highly Concentrated Ammonium Phosphate Solution, pp. 173-192
(Akihiko Shimada)
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