An enzyme-coupled continuous spectrophotometric assay for glycogen synthases
- Wayllace, Nahuel Zenón
- Valdez, Hugo Alberto
- Merás, Andrea
- Ugalde, Rodolfo Augusto
- Busi, María Victoria
- Gomez Casati, Diego Fabian
DOIAbstract
The metabolic pathways leading to the synthesis of bacterial glycogen involve the action of several enzymes, among which glycogen synthase (GS) catalyzes the elongation of the α-1,4-glucan. GS from Agrobacterium tumefaciens uses preferentially ADPGlc, although UDPGlc can also be used as glycosyl donor with less efficiency. We present here a continuous spectrophotometric assay for the determination of GS activity using ADP- or UDPGlc. When ADPGlc was used as the substrate, the production of ADP is coupled to NADH oxidation via pyruvate kinase (PK) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). With UDPGlc as substrate, UDP was converted to ADP via adenylate kinase and subsequent coupling to PK and LDH reactions. Using this assay, we determined the kinetic...
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