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Published on: February 16, 2018
Selective determination of L-lysine with L-lysine epsilon-dehydrogenase
H Hashimoto1, H Misono, S Nagata
1Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Kochi University, Japan.
Abstract:
Simple and sensitive spectrophotometric methods were developed for the selective determination of L-lysine. The assay methods were based on the spectrophotometric determination of NADH formed in the reaction catalyzed by L-lysine epsilon-dehydrogenase (Procedure A) or the formazan produced on coupling of the dehydrogenase reaction with the reduction of a tetrazolium salt (Procedure B). Procedure B was applicable to the direct determination of L-lysine in rabbit serum.
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