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Clinical Chemistry 29: 148-151, 1983;
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Clinical Chemistry, Vol 29, 148-151, Copyright © 1983 by American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Effects of substrate concentration on results of determination of prostatic acid phosphatase with thymolphthalein monophosphate

A Kessner, EJ Woodard and GN Bowers Jr

The relation between concentration of thymolphthalein monophosphate substrate and catalytic activity was investigated for the determination of prostatic acid phosphatase. This study, an extension of previously reported work (Clin. Chem. 27: 1372, 1981), shows that lot-to-lot variation in purity of thymolphthalein monophosphate preparations is reflected in substrate-velocity curves. Plateau regions in these curves at 1.5-2.5 g/L result from the combined effects of (a) substrate concentrations that are an order of magnitude below Km and (b) a further decrease in available substrate caused by formation of substrate aggregates in the presence of serum. To simplify the identification of superior lots of thymolphthalein monophosphate, we give a mixed-substrate protocol for testing different lots.




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