A new assay of X-prolyl dipeptidyl-aminopeptidase activity in human serum with glycylproline p-phenylazoanilide as substrate
✍ Scribed by Takeshi Kato; Kimi Iwase; Toshiharu Nagatsu; Masami Hino; Tadashi Takemoto; Shumpei Sakakibara
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1979
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 270 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0300-8177
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✦ Synopsis
A new assay procedure for X-prolyl dipeptidyl-aminopeptidase activity in human serum was developed with glycylproline p-phenylazoanilide tosylate as substrate. p-Phenylazoaniline liberated by the enzyme reaction was measured photometrically at 493 nm after stopping the reaction with acid. This assay was simple and sensitive, and less than 50 microliter of human serum was required for the assay. Km value was 2.5 mM and the optimum pH was 8.7. After disc gel electrophoresis of human serum, the enzyme activity could be distinctly observed as a reddish band on the gel when the gel was incubated with this substrate.