The Measurement of Triphosphopyridine Nucleotide and Reduced Triphosphopyridine Nucleotide and the Role of Hemoglobin in Producing Erroneous Triphosphopyridine Nucleotide Values

The measurement of triphosphopyridine nucleotide and reduced triphosphopyridine nucleotide and the role of hemoglobin in producing erroneous triphosphopyridine nucleotide values.

A method is described for determining TPN+ and TPNH in a single tissue homogenate made in dilute NaOH at 0’. One portion, for TPN+, is acidified after adding ascorbic acid to prevent TPNH oxidation. A second portion, for TPNH, is heated (still alkaline) after adding cysteine to prevent oxidation. If desired, a third portion can be analyzed directly without heating for total TPN (TPN+ plus TPNH)...

Preparation of triphosphopyridine nucleotide.

Enzymatic Synthesis of Triphosphopyridine Nucleotide

Von Euler and Vestin (1) demonstrated the synthesis of triphosphopyridine nucleotide (TPN) when diphosphopyridine nucleotide (DPN) was incubated with adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in the presence of crude yeast maceration juice. In subsequent reports (2) from the Stockholm laboratory, several mechanisms for this reaction were considered but none was established. With crude pigeon liver fractions...

Enzymatic Synthesis of Triphosphopyridine Nucleotide

Von Euler and Vestin (1) demonstrated the synthesis of triphosphopyridine nucleotide (TPN) when diphosphopyridine nucleotide (DPN) was incubated with adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in the presence of crude yeast maceration juice. In subsequent reports (2) from the Stockholm laboratory, several mechanisms for this reaction were considered but none was established. With crude pigeon liver fractions...

The Histochemical Localization of Triphosphopyridine Nucleotide Diaphorase

A histochemical method is described for the localization of triphosphopyridine nucleotide diaphorase using a recently synthesized tetrazolium salt (Nitro-BT). By virtue of the favorable histochemical properties of this reagent, it has been possible to demonstrate that whereas DPN diaphorase is usually restricted to the mitochondria, the TPN diaphorase activity of corresponding cells was distrib...