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RelatedCategories | BloodandUrineChemistryAssayKits,CellBIOLOGy,EnzymaticKitsfortheQuantitationofNutrientsandMetabolites,InorganicIonsMetabolismAssayKits,Metabolomics |
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Generaldescription
Phosphateisanessentialcomponentinlivingorganismsandcontributestoavarietyofbiologicalfunctions,includingstructuralroleswithinnucleicacids,cellularmembranes,andbone.Phosphateisalsoimportantinthetransportofcellularenergy,nucleicacidmetabolismandsignaltransduction.Hyperphosphatemia,aconditionofexcessphosphatelevelsintheblood,canleadtocalcificationoforgansandinterferencewithusageofotherinorganicions,suchasiron,calcium,magnesium,andzinc.
ThePhosphateFluorometricAssayKitprovidesasimpleanddirectprocedureformeasuringphosphateinavarietyofsamples.Phosphatereactswithmaltosetoproduceglucoseinthepresenceofanenzyme.Theglucoseissubsequentlyoxidizedandreactswithaprobe,resultinginafluorometric(λex=535/λem=587nm)productproportionaltotheamountofphosphatepresent.Thiskithasalinearrangeofdetectionbetween50-250pmoles.
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