title: Electrochemical study of the effect of ADP and AMP on the kinetics of glutamate dehydrogenase.
abstract: A chronoamperometric method based on the 'diffusion' layer concept of the convective system was used to assay the glutamate dehydrogenase (GLDH) activity. Once the reaction was initiated by adding the enzyme GLDH into a well-stirred nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH, coenzyme) solution, the steady-state oxidation limiting current of NADH would decrease linearly in a short time. The major advantage of this method is that it directly indicates the continuous in-situ change of the coenzyme concentration, thus, the real initial reaction rate of enzyme-catalyzed reaction, V0, can be determined. Using this method, the effect of adenosine-5'-monophosphate (AMP) and adenosine-5'-diphosphate (ADP) on the GLDH activity has been monitored. The results showed that ADP and AMP could increase the activity of GLDH. This activation mechanism was proposed by the voltammetric study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Q K
authors.initials: QK
authors.lastname: Zhuang
authors.forename: N Q
authors.initials: NQ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: H X
authors.initials: HX
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: X X
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002384:Catalysis; D002417:Cattle; D004563:Electrochemistry; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005969:Glutamate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D005969:Glutamate Dehydrogenase