Product name: Alpha-Ketoglutarate (Alpha KG) Assay Kit
Detection method: Colorimetric / Fluorometric
Example type: Tissue, adherent cells, cells in suspension
Test type: Enzyme activity (quantitative)
Sensitivity: = 0.01 nmol / well
Distance: 0.01 nmol / well – 10 nmol / well
Test time: 0 h 30 min
Product description
The Alpha-Ketoglutarate (Alpha KG) Assay Kit provides a simple, sensitive, and rapid means of quantifying alpha KG. In the alpha KG assay protocol, alpha-ketoglutarate is transaminated with the generation of pyruvate, which is used to convert a nearly colorless probe into a colored (λmax = 570 nm) and fluorescent (Ex / Em = 535/587) product. nm).
Summary of Alpha-Ketoglutarate Assay Protocol:
– add the reaction mix to the sample and standard wells
– incubate for 30 min
– analyze with a microplate reader
Notes
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Relevance
Alpha-ketoglutarate (Alpha-KG) is a key intermediate in the Krebs cycle, which comes after isocitrate and before succinyl CoA. Anaplerotic reactions replenish the cycle by synthesizing Alpha-KG from glutamate transamination or through the action of glutamate dehydrogenase. Alpha-KG is an important nitrogen transporter. Being a key intermediate, it is one of the organic acids measured in newborns as an indicator of innate errors of metabolism.
Alternative names
Alpha KG
