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 Chemjournal_title
Clinical chemistryauthors
Chamberlain BR,Buttery JEsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1980-08-01 00:00:00pages
1346-7issue
9eissn
0009-9147issn
1530-8561journal_volume
26pub_type
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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doi:
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doi:
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doi:
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2005-07-01 00:00:00
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doi:
更新日期:1989-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1988-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical chemistry
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doi:
更新日期:1985-09-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2010-08-01 00:00:00
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doi:
更新日期:1978-11-01 00:00:00
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doi:
更新日期:2002-08-01 00:00:00
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doi:
更新日期:1998-01-01 00:00:00
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doi:
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