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Dihydrofolate Reductase Assay Kit

1 kit sufficient for 50-100 tests

Synonym(s):

DHFR Assay Kit

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UNSPSC Code:
12161503
NACRES:
NA.84

Quality Level

200

usage

 kit sufficient for 50-100 tests

shipped in

dry ice

storage temp.

−20°C

Gene Information

human ... DHFR(1719)

Application

The kit is used for the detection of DHFR activity and screening of DHFR inhibitors. The assay is based on the ability of DHFR to catalyze the reversible NADPH-dependent reduction of dihydrofolic acid to tetrahydrofolic acid. The reaction progress is followed by monitoring the decrease in absorbance at 340 nm.
Dihydrofolic acid+NADPH+H+ ↔ Tetrahydrofolic acid+NADP+

Biochem/physiol Actions

DHFR (dihydrofolate reductase) is an enzyme that catalyzes a reaction essential for the biosynthesis of nucleotidic bases of DNA. Blocking the enzyme causes cell death as a result of DNA synthesis inhibition. DHFR is an excellent target for anti-tumor drugs.

Features and Benefits

  • Quick and simple method.
  • The kit contains all the reagents required for a colorimetric assay of DHFR activity in cell lysates, tissue homogenates, or column fractions of purified enzyme.
  • The kit includes a purified enzyme for use as a positive control and screening of DHFR inhibitors.
  • The kit includes methotrexate (MTX), a prokaryotic and eukaryotic DHFR specific inhibitor, which exhibits anti-tumor activities.
  • The kit was tested on A431, NIH-3T3, and CHO cell lines, rat liver, kidney, brain, and skeletal muscle tissue extracts, and recombinant DHFR.

Kit Components Only

Product No.
Description
  • Assay Buffer 10x for DHFR 30 mL
  • Dihydrofolate Reductase (DHFR) human .1 U
  • Dihydrofolic acid (DHFR substrate) 3 x 10
  • Amethopterin (+)(methotrexate, MTX)
    (DHFR inhibitor) 2 x 10
  • NADPH (β-Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate reduced tetrasodium salt) 25 mg

Pictograms

Skull and crossbonesHealth hazard
GHS06,GHS08

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Repr. 1B - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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Amrinder Singh et al.
Scientific reports, 8(1), 3190-3190 (2018-02-18)
We report the first peptide based hDHFR inhibitors designed on the basis of structural analysis of dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR). A set of peptides were rationally designed and synthesized using solid phase peptide synthesis and characterized using nuclear magnetic resonance and
Piermichele Kobauri et al.
Journal of medicinal chemistry, 65(6), 4798-4817 (2022-03-09)
Photopharmacology uses light to regulate the biological activity of drugs. This precise control is obtained through the incorporation of molecular photoswitches into bioactive molecules. A major challenge for photopharmacology is the rational design of photoswitchable drugs that show light-induced activation.
Em Canh Pham et al.
ACS omega, 7(37), 33614-33628 (2022-09-27)
Naphthamide is a common structural framework with diverse pharmacological activities. Ten novel 2-naphthamide derivatives have been designed, synthesized, and evaluated for their in vitro antibacterial, antifungal, and anticancer activities. The title compounds were synthesized from dimethoxybenzaldehyde derivatives through a four-step
Bharath Srinivasan et al.
The FEBS journal, 282(10), 1922-1938 (2015-02-24)
Dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) is a pivotal enzyme involved in the de novo pathway of purine synthesis, and hence, represents an attractive target to disrupt systems that require rapid DNA turnover. The enzyme acquires resistance to available drugs by various molecular
Marcus S Bray et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(48), 12164-12169 (2018-11-11)
Today, Mg2+ is an essential cofactor with diverse structural and functional roles in life's oldest macromolecular machine, the translation system. We tested whether ancient Earth conditions (low O2, high Fe2+, and high Mn2+) can revert the ribosome to a functional
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