Draft genome sequence of the yeast Vanrija (Cryptococcus) humicola UJ1. Vanrija humicola strain:UJ1

The yeast V. humicola UJ1 can produce a much amount of the enzyme D-aspartatae oxidase (DDO) that catalyzes the oxidative deamination of acidic D-amino acids. The yeast DDO has much higher substrate specitity to D-aspartate and catalytic activith than that of other origins. These properties of the yeast DDO are useful for the specific determination of D-asparatate and other plactical applications. The yeast DDO is inducibly expressed in the presence of D-aspartate. However, the inducible mechanism has not yet elucidated. The purpose of this study is to reveal the inducible expression mechanims of the yeast DDO.