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An enzymatic cycling procedure for beta-NADP+ generated by 3'-phosphodiesterase, 2':3'-cyclic nucleotide
R L Stephon1, R S Niedbala, K J Schray
1Center for Health Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015.
Abstract:
An enzymatic cycling procedure for beta-NADP+ generated by the enzyme 3'-phosphodiesterase, 2':3'-cyclic nucleotide (EC 3.1.4.37) from its substrate 2':3'-cyclic NADP+ is described. The enzymes glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.49) and diaphorase (EC 1.8.1.4) are used to cycle the cofactor between its oxidized and reduced forms in the presence of glucose-6-phosphate and p-iodonitrotetrazolium violet (INT) with the concomitant production of colored INT-formazan, monitored at 492 nm. The amplification is about 400-fold per hour and is sensitive enough to detect 6 x 10(-13) mol of NADP(H). A simple procedure for the optimization of this cycling assay is also described. Conjugates to 3'-phosphodiesterase, 2':3'-cyclic nucleotide may be used in heterogeneous enzyme immunoassays for the detection of small quantities of haptens or proteins in biological fluids.
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