UV-Spectroscopic Detection of (Pyro-)Phosphate with the PUB Module

Despite the prevalence of ortho- and pyrophosphate in biochemistry, operationally simple and versatile high-throughput methodologies for their quantification are lacking. We herein introduce PUB, a module for hosphate detection by continuous V-spectroscopic monitoring of 5-romouridine phosphorolysis. The PUB module uses cheaply available, bench-stable reagents and can be employed for continuous and discontinuous reaction monitoring in biochemical assays to detect (pyro-)phosphate concentrations spanning almost 4 orders of magnitude, as demonstrated with representative use cases.