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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-6-17
pubmed:abstractText
Dihydrodiol dehydrogenase (DD) oxidizes naphthalene dihydrodiol to 1,2-dihydroxynaphthalene, which is immediately autoxidized to 1,2-naphthoquinone. Here we established a fluorometric assay for the enzyme, which is based on the conversion of 1,2-naphthoquinone to fluorescent compounds by reacting with ethylenediamine. The formed fluorescent compounds were synthetically identified as 6-(2-aminoethylamino)benzo[f]quinoxaline and 2,6- or 3,6-bis(2-aminoethylamino)benzo[f]quinoxaline, which showed the same fluorescence at 550 nm at an excitation wavelength of 420 nm. This method provides a 9000-fold increase in sensitivity over a currently available assay which measures the change in the absorbance of a cofactor, NADPH. Since this simple and sensitive method allowed many samples to be assayed simultaneously, we applied it to the analysis of multiple forms of DD, separated by an anion-exchange chromatography, from six human liver specimens.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0031-6903
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
117
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
167-77
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
[A sensitive fluorometric assay for dihydrodiol dehydrogenase].
pubmed:affiliation
Gifu Prefectural Tajimi Hospital, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't