ISSN:
0269-3879
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
A rapid, reliable, sensitive and reproducible HPLC method was developed for the assay of ferrochelatase activity in rat liver. The assay was carried out aerobically with Zn2+ and mesoporphyrin or protoporphyrin IX as substrates. Zn-porphyrins formed were extracted with dimethyl sulphoxide/methanol (30:70, v/v) containing Zn-deuteroporphyrin as the internal standard for separation and quantification by reversed-phase chromatography. The Km for mesoporphyrin was 5.9 μM, for protoporphyrin IX 8.8 μM and for zinc 6.0 μM. The specific activities were 33.1 ± 5.0 nmol Zn-mesoporphyrin or 13.4 ± 2.0 nmol Zn-protoporphyrin formed per hour per mg of protein for mitochondria and 12.3 ± 2.2 nmol Zn-mesoporphyrin or 4.6 ± 0.9 nmol Zn-protoporphyrin per hour per mg of protein for liver homogenate.
Additional Material:
7 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bmc.1130020408
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