A reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography assay for dihydroxy-acid dehydratase |
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Authors: | E M Smyk-Randall O R Brown |
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Affiliation: | Dalton Research Center, Columbia, Missouri. |
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Abstract: | A sensitive method for assaying dihydroxy-acid dehydratase activity is described. This enzyme produces alpha-ketoisovaleric and alpha-keto-beta-methylvaleric acids, respectively, in the biosynthesis of valine and isoleucine. These alpha-keto acids, after derivatization with 2,4-dinitrophenyl-hydrazine, were separated and quantified by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography on a Zorbax octadecylsilane C-18 column. As little as 50 pmol of alpha-ketoisovaleric was detected in assays using cell-free extracts from Escherichia coli, whose measured specific activity was 8 mumol of alpha-ketoisovaleric acid produced per hour per milligram protein. |
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