Simplified enzymatic assay of angiotensin-converting enzyme in serum.
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چکیده
We report a simple, enzymatic method for determining angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE; EC 3.4.15.1) in serum. The proposed method features coupling an established reaction catalyzed by gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT; EC 2.3.2.2) to the ACE reaction, which releases glycylglycine from the artificial substrate hippuryl-glycyl-glycine. The glycyl-glycine released by the ACE reaction becomes rate-limiting in the GGT reaction, in which it participates as a receptor substrate for a gamma-glutamyl group transferred from a donor substrate, L-gamma-glutamyl-3-carboxy-4-nitroanilide. The reaction releases 3-carboxy-4-nitroaniline, which is monitored spectrophotometrically at 410 nm. The resulting rate of change in absorbance is linearly related to the glycyl-glycine concentration and therefore to the activity of ACE. The linear range of the method extends from ACE values < 50 to at least 1300 U/L of serum. Good precision is indicated by a low CV for replicate analyses (3.6% and 4.6% for within-run and day-to-day assays, respectively, for normal ACE activity, and 3.1% within-run for high ACE activity). Results also correlate well with those of an established colorimetric method (r = 0.978). The major advantages of the method are its procedural simplicity, limited cost, use of readily available reagents, applicability to isoenzyme studies, and adaptability to automation.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical chemistry
دوره 39 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1993