BIOLUMINESCENCE BINDING ASSAY FOR BIOTIN WITH ATTOMOLE DETECTION BASED ON RECOMBINANT AEQUORIN

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WITKOWSKI, A [1 ]
RAMANATHAN, S [1 ]
DAUNERT, S [1 ]
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[1] UNIV KENTUCKY,DEPT CHEM,LEXINGTON,KY 40506
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10.1021/ac00083a010
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O65 [分析化学];
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070302 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Biotinylated recombinant aequorin was used in the development of a homogeneous bioluminescence assay for biotin. It was demonstrated that the Ca2+-triggered luminescent reaction of biotinylated aequorin can be inhibited by the presence of avidin, and this inhibition io bioluminescence intensity can be used to determine the biotin concentration in a sample. The optimized assay thus developed had a detection limit for biotin of 4 amol (equivalent to 1 X 10(-14) M in the assay system), which to our knowledge is the lowest detection limit reported to date for a homogeneous competitive binding assay.
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