Abstract
The most widely used methods for measuring polyamine enzyme activities are radioisotope methods that measure the radioactivity of compounds produced from radiolabeled substrate by the enzyme reaction. Several fluorescent polyamines have been developed for the measurement of the polyamine transport system (PTS) or transglutaminase. Although fluorophores in the fluorescent polyamines may affect the affinity of the polyamine moiety to the enzyme protein, the assays that use fluorescent substrate are sensitive and simple for common laboratory usage.
In this chapter, the uses of dansyl polyamines with a simple high-performance liquid chromatography system for the measurement of the PTS and polyamine catabolic enzymes including spermidine/spermine N1-acetyltransferase and N1-acetylpolyamine oxidase are described.
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Takao, K., Shirahata, A. (2011). Fluorescent Substrates for Polyamine Catabolic Enzymes and Transport. In: Pegg, A., Casero, Jr., R. (eds) Polyamines. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 720. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-034-8_30
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