... polymerase(Stratagene) was used to amplify vanXYCusingpAT70 4as template with primers A (5¢-GCTAGGTCTCAATGAACACATTACAATT-3¢)andB(5¢-TATGGAATTCTCATGCGAACTGCCTCA-3¢) that included BsaIandEcoRIrestriction ... bi[tris(hydroxymethyl)-meth-ylamino] propane and 10 lL10mMD-Ala-D-Ala, incuba-ted at 37 °C for 30 min, and assayed forD,D-dipeptidaseactivity using the D-amino acid oxidase assay.Kinetic analysis of VanXYCHis6–VanXYC(2.25 ... Purification of VanXYC.Lane1,molecular mass standards (in kDa); Lane 2, partially pure VanXYCafter gel filtration chromatography. (B) Purification of MBP-VanXYC.Lane 1, molecular mass standards;...