title: Determination of vitamin B12 using the enzyme glycerol dehydrase.
abstract: Glycerol dehydrase is an enzyme that catalyzes dehydration of glycerol into beta-propionaldehyde. It requires 5'-deoxyadenosylcobalamin, one of the forms of vitamin B12, as a coenzyme. The enzyme is inactivated in vitro by all forms of vitamin B12 stoichiometrically. The objective of this study was to determine vitamin B12 content by utilizing the inactivation of the enzyme by vitamin B12. After various examinations, an excellent standard curve was obtained up to 1 pmol vitamin B12 using 14 mU of the enzyme per tube. Glycerol dehydrase does not respond to vitamin B12 if it is bound to haptocorrin, a vitamin B12-binding protein. This necessitates a procedure for extraction of vitamin B12 from samples before assay. The enzyme was less inactivated by 5'-deoxyadenosylcobalamin than any other form of vitamin B12. However, this did not matter because all forms of vitamin B12 were converted into cyanocobalamin during the extraction procedure cited above, which was performed in a buffer containing potassium cyanide.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Nutrition, Faculty of Education, Hokkaido University of Education, Sapporo, Japan. yamada@sap.hokkyodai.ac.jp
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hioki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nirasawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kii
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ryugo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukuda
mesh_terms: D000447:Aldehydes; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D052160:Benzothiazoles; D003038:Cobamides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology; D005504:Food Analysis; D005985:Glyceraldehyde / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D005990:Glycerol / Q000378:metabolism; D006835:Hydrazones; D006836:Hydro-Lyases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D006879:Hydroxocobalamin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000201:enzymology; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D011190:Potassium Cyanide / Q000737:chemistry; D011407:Propane; D011408:Propanediol Dehydratase / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D012016:Reference Values; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013607:Tablets / Q000737:chemistry; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000737:chemistry; D014155:Transcobalamins / Q000378:metabolism; D014805:Vitamin B 12 / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D052160:Benzothiazoles; D003038:Cobamides; D006835:Hydrazones; D013607:Tablets; D013844:Thiazoles; D014155:Transcobalamins; C047158:3-hydroxypropionaldehyde; D005985:Glyceraldehyde; C019476:mecobalamin; D006836:Hydro-Lyases; D011408:Propanediol Dehydratase; C020671:glycerol dehydratase; C000913:cobamamide; D011190:Potassium Cyanide; C002536:3-methyl-2-benzothiazolone hydrazone; D014805:Vitamin B 12; D005990:Glycerol; D006879:Hydroxocobalamin; D011407:Propane