title: Activity staining of isocitrate lyase after electrophoresis on either native or sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gels.
abstract: Isocitrate was cleaved into succinate and glyoxylate by isocitrate lyase (ICL) in the glyoxylate cycle. We used lactate dehydrogenase as an ancillary enzyme to further metabolize the glyoxylate to glycolate in the presence of NADH. 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) and 2,6-dichlorophenol-indolphenol (DCPIP) were used in the coupling reactions for detecting ICL activity after electrophoresis on either native or sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) polyacrylamide gels. This fast and sensitive method can be used in the process of ICL enzyme purification and characterization.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Pharmacognosy Science, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan. lmh@tmu.edu.tw
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel / Q000379:methods; D007522:Isocitrate Lyase / Q000032:analysis*; D011489:Protein Denaturation; D012967:Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; C016680:polyacrylamide gels; D012967:Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate; D007522:Isocitrate Lyase