Author： Dawson John Knowles Richard
Publisher： Humana Press, Inc
ISSN： 1073-6085
Source： Molecular Biotechnology, Vol.12, Iss.3, 1999-10, pp. : 275-279
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Abstract
We describe here a microtiter-plate assay for measuring nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity by utilizing the spectral shift in optical absorbence between the wavelengths 405 and 420 nm on conversion of oxyhemoglobin to methemoglobin by nitric oxide (NO). This is a high-throughput assay permitting 96 or 384 simultaneous kinetic measurements and is ideal for the study of NOS inhibitors and their time dependence. It is also possible to measure enzyme rates under different conditions simultaneously for the study of the cofactor and substrate dependence of NOS preparations. The assay requires approximately 10 pmol/min of NOS activity to achieve a 1moD/min rate.
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