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Clinical Chemistry, Vol 27, 402-404, Copyright © 1981 by American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Activation of human creatine kinase isoenzymes by pH and various sulfhydryl and chelating agents

DA Nealon, SM Pettit and AR Henderson

We report the effect of serum pH and of the presence or absence of mercaptoethanol, N-acetyl-L-cysteine, monothioglycerol, ethylenediaminetetraacetate, and ethylene glycol-bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetate on the activation of the human creatine kinase isoenzymes. At the serum pH giving maximal enzyme stability and minimal assay lag phase (Nealon et al., Clin. Chem. 26: 1165-1169, 1980) thiol activation of CK-1 and CK-3 is nearly maximal with monothioglycerol in an optimized creatine kinase assay (Szasz et al., Clin. Chem. 22: 650-656, 1976). However, CK-2 is maximally activated at pH 8.5, a pH at which this isoenzyme is least stable on storage and its assay lag phase is prolonged. These findings suggest irreconcilable problems in the storage, activation, and assay of CK-2.




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