Reappraisal of the uroporphyrinogen I synthase assay, and a proposed modified method.

Abstract:

:Problems encountered in the uroporphyrinogen I synthase assay were found to be due to the Triton reagent, slit-width and excitation wavelength settings of the spectrophotofluorometer, and leg-phase in the enzyme reaction. Of Triton X-100 from four suppliers, only three were found suitable. Differences in enzyme activity owing to slit-width adjustments were resolved by measuring the fluorescence of the sample (uroporphyrin) at 405 nm and the standard (coproporphyrin) at 401 nm. The lag-phase in the activated-enzyme assay is incorporated in the 30-min preincubation of the blood specimen in our modified method, thus giving higher enzyme activity than found with the original assay. The range for our method is 7.3--15.8 nmol s-1 L-1 (mean = 10.9; SD = 2.07).

journal_name

Clin Chem

journal_title

Clinical chemistry

authors

Chamberlain BR,Buttery JE

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1980-08-01 00:00:00

pages

1346-7

issue

9

eissn

0009-9147

issn

1530-8561

journal_volume

26

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