Abstract

An improved high-performance liquid chromatographic assay method for biotinidase activity was developed using the fluorimetric substrate biotinyl-6-aminoquinoline, which was found to be more specific than the biotinyl-4-aminobenzoate previously used. The new method measures the intensity of the fluorescent signal at wavelengths (excitation 350 nm; emission 550 nm) longer than those (excitation 276 nm; emission 340 nm) for 4-aminobenzoate. The analysis of fluorescence in the visible spectrum reduced considerably the number of interfering peaks compared with analysis in the ultraviolet region. This method also made it possible to measure the biotinidase activity directly in samples usually difficult to calculate, such as human and bovine milk or porcine serum; the use of biotinyl-6-aminoquinoline allowed the analysis of the enzyme reaction in milk and porcine serum without pretreatment or dialysis. Stoichiometric increase and decrease of the substrate and product, respectively, were demonstrated. Michaelis constants for biotinyl-6-aminoquinoline were measured at various stages of partial purification. Because the solubility of these synthetic substrates in the aqueous phosphate buffer is limited, the determination of both Michaelis constant and maximum velocity by extrapolation may be helpful for the characterization of the kinetics of biotinidase.

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