Pyruvate kinase (PK, EC 2.7.1.40) is an enzyme involved in glycolysis. It catalyzes the transfer of a phosphate group from phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) to ADP, yielding one molecule of pyruvate and one molecule of ATP. Lack of pyruvate kinase will slow down the process of glycolysis which causes the disease known as pyruvate kinase deficiency. BioVision provides a simple, direct and automation-ready procedure for measuring pyruvate kinase activity in various biological samples such as blood, tissues, and culture cells, etc. In the assay, PEP and ADP were catalyzed by PK to generate pyruvate and ATP. The generated pyruvate is oxidized by pyruvate oxidase to produce color (at λ = 570 nm) and fluorescence (at Ex/Em = 535/587 nm). Since the
Size
100 assays
Concentration
n/a
Applications
Measurement of choline kinase activity in different cell lines and tissues