Tetrahydrobiopterin ELISA Kit
Product Specifications
Gene Aliases
THB, Tetrahydrobiopterin, THB, BH4
Reactivity
All Species
Target
Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4, THB, trade name Kuvan) or sapropterin (INN) is a naturally occurring essential cofactor of the three aromatic amino acid hydroxylase enzymes, used in the degradation of amino acid phenylalanine and in the biosynthesis of the neurotransmitters serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT), melatonin, dopamine, norepinephrine (noradrenaline), epinephrine (adrenaline), and is a cofactor for the production of nitric oxide (NO) by the nitric oxide synthases.
Type
ELISA Kit
Applications
Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent assay-Competitive
Assay Principle
Aviva Systems Biology Tetrahydrobiopterin ELISA Kit (OKEH02612) is based on a competitive enzyme immunoassay technique. The microtiter well-plate in this kit has been pre-coated with an anti-Tetrahydrobiopterin antibody. Sample or standards are added to the wells along with a fixed quantity of biotinylated Tetrahydrobiopterin and incubated. The Tetrahydrobiopterin found in the sample or standards competes with the biotinylated Tetrahydrobiopterin for limited binding sites on the immobilized anti-Tetrahydrobiopterin antibody. Excess unbound biotinylated Tetrahydrobiopterin and sample or standard Tetrahydrobiopterin is washed from the plate. Avidin-HRP conjugate is added, incubated and washed. An enzymatic reaction is then produced through the addition of TMB substrate which is catalyzed by the immobilized HRP to generate a blue color product that changes yellow after adding acidic stop solution. The density of yellow coloration is measured by reading the absorbance at 450 nm which is quantitatively proportional to the amount of biotinylated Tetrahydrobiopterin captured in the well and inversely proportional to the amount of Tetrahydrobiopterin which was contained in the sample or standard.
Assay Protocol
Reconstitution & Storage Instructions Western Blotting/Immunoblotting (WB/IB) Protocol Immunohistochemistry (IHC) Protocol Immunocytochemistry (ICC) Protocol Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay (ELISA) Protocol Blocking Peptide Competition Protocol (BPCP) Immunoprecipitation (IP) Protocol Antibody Array (AA) Protocol Reconstitution & Storage Instructions
Reconstitution & Storage Instructions
Western Blotting/Immunoblotting (WB/IB) Protocol
Western Blotting/Immunoblotting (WB/IB) Protocol
Immunohistochemistry (IHC) Protocol
Immunohistochemistry (IHC) Protocol
Immunocytochemistry (ICC) Protocol
Immunocytochemistry (ICC) Protocol
Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay (ELISA) Protocol
Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay (ELISA) Protocol
Blocking Peptide Competition Protocol (BPCP)
Blocking Peptide Competition Protocol (BPCP)
Immunoprecipitation (IP) Protocol
Immunoprecipitation (IP) Protocol
Antibody Array (AA) Protocol
Antibody Array (AA) Protocol
Sample Type
Serum, plasma, tissue homogenates, cell culture supernatants and other biological fluids
Detection Range
0.156-10ng/ml
Recovery
Mean recovery when spiking into Serum and Plasma = 100%
Sensitivity
0.067 ng/mL
Reconstitution
Store as indicated in product manual.
Specificity
Natural and recombinant General Tetrahydrobiopterin
Protein Name
Tetrahydrobiopterin
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