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p-Nitrophenyl Phosphate (PNPP)

Product Introduction

p-Nitrophenyl Phosphate (PNPP) is a non-proteinaceous, non-specific substrate used to assay protein, alkaline and acid phosphatases.

  • Can be used for quick analysis of the protein phosphatase activity under any conditions 
  • Advantageous to a radioactive assay because the substrate concentration can be much higher than the Km
  • Activity is measured using a continuous or single-point spectrophotometric assay based on the ability of phosphatases to catalyze the hydrolysis of PNPP to p-nitrophenol, a chromogenic product that absorbs maximally at 405 nm
Catalog # Size Concentration
P0757S 1 ml 500 mM
P0757L 5 ml 500 mM

Product Information

Description

p-Nitrophenyl Phosphate (PNPP) is a non-proteinaceous, non-specific substrate used to assay protein, alkaline and acid phosphatases. The PNPP phosphatase activity is measured using a continuous or single-point spectrophotometric assay based on the ability of phosphatases to catalyze the hydrolysis of PNPP to p-nitrophenol, a chromogenic product with absorbance at 405 nm (1). The assay can be used for the quick analysis of the protein phosphatase activity under any non-standard conditions. 

The advantage of the PNPP phosphatase activity assay is that unlike radioactive assays the substrate concentration can be much higher than the Km. The initial velocity can be recorded in the continuous assay, but the assay volume is larger than in a radioactive assay (about 1 ml to fill a 1 ml spetrophotometer cuvette) (1,2). The reaction volume in a single-point assay can be very small because the reaction is stopped with the amount of NaOH enough to fill the cuvette (1,3,4). 
This product is related to the following categories:
Protein Phosphatases
This product can be used in the following applications:
Protein Phosphatases and Kinases,
RNA Cloning

Reagents Supplied

Reagents Supplied

The following reagents are supplied with this product:

NEB # Component Name Component # Stored at (°C) Amount Concentration

Properties & Usage

Molecular Weight

Theoretical: 461.4 daltons

Product Notes

  1. Store protected from light.
  2. Protein Phosphatase Assay: The PNPP phosphatase activity assay is very simple, non-expensive, and routinely used for the unit determination of all NEB protein phosphatases. PNPP has apparent Km values for protein phosphatases in the range of 0.5 -10 mM (2-5).

    The PNPP phosphatase activity is assayed in a reaction mixture (50 μl) containing 50 mM PNPP and a protein phosphatase buffer supplemented with additional components when required. The reaction is initiated by addition of enzyme and quenched after 5-10 minutes by addition of 1 ml of 1 N NaOH (or 1 ml of 0.5 M EDTA for Mn2+-dependent protein phosphatases, Lambda PP and PP1). The amount of product, p-nitrophenol, is determined by reading the absorbance at 405 nm and using a molar extinction coefficient of 18,000 M-1 cm-1 (16,000 M-1cm-1 for 0.5 M EDTA) (1, 3). 

    One unit of the protein phosphatase activity is defined as the amount of enzyme that hydrolyzes 1 nanomole of PNPP in one minute at 30°C in a total reaction volume of 50 μl under standard reaction condition. 

    To estimate the protein phosphatase activity accurately it is essential to ensure linear kinetics of dephosphorylation. 

References

  1. MacKintosh, C. (1993). In D.G. Hardie (Ed.). Protein Phosphorylation: A Practical Approach. 221. New York: IRL Press.
  2. Zhuo, S. et al. (1993). J. Biol. Chem.. 268, 17754-17761.
  3. Zhang, Z.-Y. et al. (1992). J. Biol. Chem.. 267, 23759-23766.
  4. Pot, D.A. et al. (1991). J. Biol. Chem.. 266, 19688-19696.
  5. Takai, A. and Mieskes, G. (1991). Biochem. J.. 275, 233-239.

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