Microiodometric Determination of β-Lactamase Activity
Microiodometric Determination of β-Lactamase Activity
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微量碘量法测定β-内酰胺酶活性
DOI:
10.1128/aac.1.2.94
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发表时间:
1972
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
K. Nordström
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作者:
R. Sykes;K. Nordström
The product of β-lactamase activity (a penicilloic acid in the case of a penicillin) is stoichiometrically oxidized by iodine. Hence, the β-lactamase activity can be measured as decolorization of the blue starch-iodine complex. Since the decolorization is a slow process, the rate of decolorization gave an underestimate of the rate of penicillin hydrolysis until a steady state was obtained after 15 to 20 min. If the reaction mixture (3 ml) contained no more than 0.001 unit of enzyme, a correct determination of β-lactamase activity was obtained from the microiodometric method described. The method is sensitive and some applications are mentioned.