Optimized Spectrophotometric Assay for the Completely Activated Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex in Fibroblasts
Author(s) -
Marina A. Schwab,
Stefan Kölker,
Lambert P. van den Heuvel,
Sven W. Sauer,
Nicole I. Wolf,
D. Rating,
Georg F. Hoffmann,
Jan Smeitink,
Jürgen G. Okun
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2004.033852
Subject(s) - dithiothreitol , pyruvate dehydrogenase complex , enzyme , chemistry , dehydrogenase , biochemistry , fibroblast , enzyme assay , microbiology and biotechnology , in vitro , biology
Analysis of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDHc) activity in human skin fibroblasts is hampered by low enzyme activity in the cells. The most commonly used radiochemical method detects the formation of (14)CO(2), an endproduct of the E1 component of PDHc, from [1-(14)C]pyruvate.
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