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Clinical Chemistry 23: 1726-1733, 1977;
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Clinical Chemistry, Vol 23, 1726-1733, Copyright © 1977 by American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Sensitive, optimized assay for serum AMP deaminase

RC Pedersen and AJ Berry

A sensitive, optimized assay for serum AMP deaminase (EC 3.5.4.6) is presented, which is based on a colorimetric indophenol determination of ammonia liberated during the enzyme reaction. An average enzyme activity in serum of 2.7 U/liter (n = 36, range 0-6.2) for healthy adults was established. Both the enzyme and colorimetric reactions were optimized to give an assay sensitivity of 0.2 U/liter of serum, a 98- 99% analytical recovery in the normal serum enzyme concentration range, and a CV of 7.9% in-run and 10.6% between-run. This optimization included studies on specific buffer, pH, ionic strength, and potential activators. The Km for the enzyme in serum was determinated to be 1.4 X 10(-3) mol/liter, which agrees well with the value reported for human skeletal muscle enzyme. Above-normal serum AMP deaminase activity may be present in various myopathies and could be useful in detecting carriers of the X-linked dystrophies.




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