title: An ideal substrate for the measurement of pancreatic amylase?
abstract: The advanced knowledge on substrate cleavage by human alpha-amylases promotes the development of chromogenic maltotriosides exclusively cleaved at the aglycone bond. Three essentials are required for this type of binding at the active site of the enzyme: (i) A minimal hydrophobic modification at the ultimate glucose unit to exclude the condensation of reaction products, (ii) a non-ionic substituent in the 2-position of the phenolic chromophore, and (iii) pertinent effectors to accomodate the aglycone at subsite +1. The novel substrate 2-chloro-4-nitrophenyl-alpha-D-maltotrioside (acG3-CNP) is presented as an example together with measurement conditions which allow a direct, sensitive and specific measurement of pancreatic amylase without stoichiometric calculations.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Klinische Chemie, Medizinische Universität Lübeck, Germany.
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lorentz
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004796:Clinical Enzyme Tests / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D007700:Kinetics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014312:Trisaccharides / Q000378:metabolism*; D000516:alpha-Amylases / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014312:Trisaccharides; C057413:2-chloro-4-nitrophenylmaltotrioside; D000516:alpha-Amylases