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Specifications
- Size:100 assays
- Description:SAMfluoro: SAM Methyltransferase Assay
- Cat. no.:CA89130-992
Specifications
About this item
Methylation of key biological molecules and proteins plays important roles in numerous biological systems, including signal transduction, biosynthesis, protein repair, gene silencing and chromatin regulation
G-Biosciences' fluorescent SAMfluoro Assay is a continuous enzyme coupled assay that can continuously monitor SAM-dependent methyltransferases without the use of radioactive labels or endpoint measurements. The removal of the methyl group from SAM generates S-adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy), which is rapidly converted to S-ribosylhomocysteine and adenine by the included AdoHcy nucleosidase. This rapid conversion prevents the buildup of AdoHcy and its feedback inhibition on the methylation reaction. Finally, the adenine is converted to hypoxanthine, by adenine deaminase, which in turn is converted to urate and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). The rate of production of hydrogen peroxide is measured with 10-acetyl-3,7,-dihydroxyphenoxazine (ADHP), which produces the highly fluorescent compound resorufin. Resorufin production can easily be measured with an excitation wavelength of 530-540nm and an emission wavelength of 585-595nm.
G-Biosciences'SAMfluoro Assay can be adapted to be used with any purified SAM dependent methyltransferase or a purified enzyme that produces 5-adenosylhomocysteine or 5’-methylthioadenosine, due to the specificity of AdoHcy nucleosidase. The kit is supplied with enough reagents for 100 microwell assays. The assay is supplied with AdoHcy as a positive control.
The S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) dependent methyltransferases use SAM, the second most commonly used enzymatic cofactor after ATP. SAM, also known as AdoMet, acts as a donor of a methyl group that is required for the modification of proteins and DNA. Aberrant levels of SAM have been linked to many abnormalities, including Alzheimer’s, depression, Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, liver failure and cancer.