Butyrylcholinesterase (BChE)
Product Name | Butyrylcholinesterase |
Source | Equine Serum |
Catalogue Number | 130-10 |
Purity | Highly Purified |
Form | Lyophilized |
Activity | > 50 U/mg (Siemens Dimension® Clinical Chemistry System) |
Unit Definition | A change of 0.2 milliabsorbance units (mA) per minute corresponds to pseudocholinesterase activity of 1 U/mL at 37 ̊C. |
Protein | > 0.1 mg protein/mg (A280nm, E = 1.36) |
Specific Activity | > 300 U/mg protein (Typically > 900 U/mg protein) |
Appearance | White to pale, grey-green powder |
Reconstitution | Reconstitute at 5 mg/mL using 50 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.3 – 7.5. |
Solubility | Clear, colorless to slightly green solution (1 mg/mL in 0.9% saline) |
Related Products | 135-10 – BCHE from human serum 343-10 – Esterase from porcine liver |
Storage | 2-8°C |
Recertification | 4 years |
Synonyms | BCHE, BuChE, PCHE, pseudocholinesterase, plasma cholinesterase, Acylcholine acyl-hydrolase, Choline esterase, butyryl |
Application | Diagnostic Manufacturing, Clinical Research |
CAS Number | 9001-08-5 |
E.C. Number | 3.1.1.8 |
Gene | BCHE |
Accession No | P06276 (human, 29 – 602), Q9N1N9 (equine) |
Reaction | Acylcholine + H2O = choline + carboxylic acid |
Kinetics | KM=18 µM (butyrylthiocholine, 25 degrees Celsius) |
Activators | Ca2+ |
Inhibitors | Hg2+, EDTA, diisopropylfluorophosphate |
Optimum pH | 7 – 8 |