title: A general ribonuclease assay using methylene blue.
abstract: Ribonuclease (RNase) activity has been assayed by monitoring the shift in the absorbance maximum of methylene blue upon intercalation into high-molecular-weight RNA. After preincubation of yeast RNA with methylene blue, the initial rate of hydrolysis can be followed spectrophotometrically at a wavelength of 688 nm. This allows enzyme kinetic studies of RNases with their probable native substrate, RNA, in place of the artificial ones, such as dinucleoside phosphates or cyclic monophosphates, currently used.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biochemie, Fakultät für Biowissenschaften, Pharmazie, und Psychologie, Universität Leipzig, Talstrasse 33, Leipzig, D-04103, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Greiner-Stoeffele
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grunow
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hahn
mesh_terms: D007700:Kinetics; D008751:Methylene Blue; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism; D006163:Ribonuclease T1 / Q000378:metabolism; D012259:Ribonuclease, Pancreatic / Q000378:metabolism; D012260:Ribonucleases / Q000378:metabolism*; D015719:Single-Strand Specific DNA and RNA Endonucleases / Q000378:metabolism; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic
chemical_list: D012313:RNA; D012260:Ribonucleases; D006163:Ribonuclease T1; D012259:Ribonuclease, Pancreatic; D015719:Single-Strand Specific DNA and RNA Endonucleases; D008751:Methylene Blue