Diagnostic and genetic studies on fibrin-stabilizing factor with a new assay based on amine incorporation

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Abstract

Fibrinoligase, the fibrin cross-linking enzyme, transiently appearing during the course of coagulation in normal blood, was shown to catalyze the incorporation of a fluorescent amine, monodansylcadaverine [or N-(5-aminopentyl)-5-dimethylamino-1-naphthalene-sulfonamide] into casein. The reaction provided the basis of a sensitive fluorimetric method for measuring the activity of the enzyme (and also of similar other transpeptidases, such as transglutaminase).

Authors

L. Lorand, T. Urayama, J. W. C. de Kiewiet, H. L. Nossel