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Title: Competitive binding assay for fructose 2,6-bisphosphate

Journal Article · · Anal. Biochem.; (United States)

A new direct assay method for fructose 2,6-bisphosphate has been developed based on competitive binding of labeled and unlabeled fructose 2,6-P/sub 2/ to phosphofructokinase. Phosphofructokinase (0.5-1.3 pmol promoter) is incubated with saturating concentrations (5.0-5.5 pmol) of fructose 2,6(2-/sup 32/P)P/sub 2/ and samples containing varying concentrations of fructose 2,6-P/sub 2/. The resulting stable binary complex is retained on nitrocellulose filters with a binding efficiency of up to 70%. Standard curves obtained with this assay show strict linearity with varying fructose 2,6-P/sub 2/ in the range of 0.5 to 45 pmol, which exceeds the sensitivity of most of the previously described assay methods. Fructose 2,6-P/sub 2/, ATP, and high concentrations of phosphate interfere with this assay. However, the extent of this inhibition is negligible since their tissue contents are one-half to one-tenth that examined. The new assay is simple, direct, rapid, and does not require pretreatment.

Research Organization:
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Dallas, TX
OSTI ID:
5533729
Journal Information:
Anal. Biochem.; (United States), Vol. 154:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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