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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-1-30
pubmed:abstractText
We offer a "continuous" spectrophotometric method for the determination of the glycogen phosphorylase-catalyzed reaction in the direction of glycogen synthesis. This method relies on a coupled enzyme procedure, involving purine nucleoside phosphorylase and its chromophoric substrate, 2-amino-6-mercapto-7-methyl ribonucleoside (7-methyl-6-thioguanosine (MTGuo)), for the estimation of inorganic phosphate (M. R. Webb, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89, 4884-4887, 1992). We have examined the effects of the reaction components on the catalytic activities of both "primary" and "coupling" enzymes. While MTGuo exhibits no effect on the glycogen phosphorylase-catalyzed reaction, glucose 1-phosphate and AMP are partially inhibitory to nucleoside phosphorylase. However, the latter effects pose no problem as long as the coupling enzyme is maintained at a relatively higher concentration in the assay system. The coupled enzyme assay system, standardized for the measurement of glycogen phosphorlase activity, has enabled us to demonstrate explicitly that the rate of the enzyme-catalyzed reaction exhibits sigmoidal dependence on both AMP and glucose 1-phosphate concentrations. We argue that these sigmoidal profiles have been observed due to the sensitivity and precision of the present assay system.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0003-2697
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
221
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
348-55
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
A continuous spectrophotometric method for the determination of glycogen phosphorylase-catalyzed reaction in the direction of glycogen synthesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Biochemistry Department, North Dakota State University, Fargo 58105.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.