Chapter 3. Quantitation of Enzymes and Their Substrates

  1. Susan R. Mikkelsen1,
  2. Eduardo Cortón2

Published Online: 26 FEB 2004

DOI: 10.1002/0471623628.ch3

Bioanalytical Chemistry

Bioanalytical Chemistry

How to Cite

Mikkelsen, S. R. and Cortón, E. (2004) Quantitation of Enzymes and Their Substrates, in Bioanalytical Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471623628.ch3

Author Information

  1. 1

    University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

  2. 2

    University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 26 FEB 2004
  2. Published Print: 20 FEB 2004

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780471544470

Online ISBN: 9780471623625

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Keywords:

  • enzymes;
  • substrate depletion;
  • product accumulation;
  • coupled measurements;
  • optical detection;
  • electrochemical detection;
  • ultra-high-throughput assays;
  • practical considerations

Summary

Methods for the quantitation of enzymes and their substrates, including substrate depletion and product accumulation measurements, direct and coupled measurements, indicator reactions, classification of methods to measure enzymatic activity, including optical (absorbance, fluorescence, luminescence), electrochemical (amperometry, potentiometry and conductimetry), and other methods, ultra-high-throughput assays, practical considerations for enzymatic assays.