A method for assaying orotate phosphoribosyltransferase and measuring phosphoribosylpyrophosphate.
An orotate phosphoribosyltransferase, OPRTase, assay method which relies upon binding reactant [3H]orotic acid and product [3H]orotidine-5'-monophosphate to polyethyleneimine-impregnated-cellulose resin and collecting on a GFC glass fiber filter is presented. Elution with 2 X 5 ml of 0.1 M sodium chloride in 5 mM ammonium acetate removes all of the orotate and leaves all of the product orotidine monophosphate (OMP) bound so that it may be measured in a scintillation counter. It was found that the addition of 10 microM barbituric acid riboside monophosphate to the reaction mixture prevented the conversion of OMP to UMP and products of UMP. The assay is suitable for measurement of OPRTase activity with purified enzyme or in crude homogenates. A modification of this scheme using commercially available yeast OPRTase and 10 microM of unlabeled OMP provides an assay for phosphoribosylpyrophosphate with a sensitivity such that 10 pmol of PRPP may be measured.[1]References
- A method for assaying orotate phosphoribosyltransferase and measuring phosphoribosylpyrophosphate. Hupe, D.J., Behrens, N.D. Anal. Biochem. (1987) [Pubmed]
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