Alk. phosphatase substrates

[Gordon Munro]

Yves.Durocher at nrc.ca ("Durocher, Yves") wrote:

>Hi !
>
>I am looking for sensitive chromogenic substrates for alkaline
>phosphatase.
>I'm actually using PNPP which is probably the worst substrate.
>Any help appreciated.
>Thanks
>Yves


Are you requiring soluble or insoluble substrate.   I may be wrong,
but I think that pNPP is the only soluble substrate that you can use
in colourimetric assays.  Of course you could go down the fluorescent
pathway instead - lots more substrates...


gordon


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