PHOTOKINETIC MICRO-ASSAY OF ADENYLATE KINASE USING THE FIREFLY LUCIFERASE REACTION

被引:6
作者
BROLIN, SE
BORGLUND, E
AGREN, A
机构
[1] Department of Histology, Biomedicum, University of Uppsala, Uppsala
来源
JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL METHODS | 1979年 / 1卷 / 03期
关键词
adenylate kinase; bioenergetics; bioluminescene analysis; firefly luciferase; photokinetics;
D O I
10.1016/0165-022X(79)90035-6
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A new rapid photokinetic method is described for determining the activity of adenylate kinase (ATP:AMP phosphotranspherase, EC 2.7.4.3) in 0.1-5.0 μg of freeze-dried tissue. This represents a weight range far below that obtainable by fine-needle biopsy. The reaction 2 ADP ⇌ ATP was employed and the ATP formed assayed with firefly luciferase as light yielder. The light emission was recorded on a multi-channel scaler. The adenylate kinase activities found in tissues of mice were in the same range as previously described in a study using fluorometric microassay. © 1979.
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页码:163 / 169
页数:7
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