High-performance liquid chromatographic detection of pitfalls in porphobilinogen deaminase determination

Nili Schoenfeld*, Rivka Mamet

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Abstract

Potential pitfalls in the determination of porphobilinogen deaminase activity, as well as ways of eliminating these sources of error and determining the activity accurately, are discussed. In addition to measurement of the accurate activity, the described method (a combination of incubation of homogenate with porphobilinogen and high-performance liquid chromatographic separation) can also be used to detect enzymic defects in the haem biosynthetic pathway, according to the pattern of accumulation of the various porphyrins.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)51-64
Number of pages14
JournalJournal of Chromatography B: Biomedical Sciences and Applications
Volume570
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Sep 1991

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