A Raman Spectroscopic Study of the Conformation of Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide, a CoEnzyme of D-Amino Acid Oxidase

The spectra of surface-enhanced Raman scattering of D-amino acid oxidase from pig kidney were recorded and analyzed using silver nanoparticles; characteristic spectral parameters of changes in the conformation of the flavinadenine dinucleotide cofactor during activation of the enzyme by D-amino acids were revealed. It was found that the time during which changes in the conformation of the flavinadenine dinucleotide were recorded depended on the substrate specificity of the enzyme: in the presence of D-alanine, this took several seconds, and in the presence of D-serine, minutes.