NADP/NADPH Assay Kit (Fluorometric)

Product details

NADP/NADPH Assay Kit (Fluorometric) ab176724 provides a convenient method for sensitive detection of NADP, NADPH and their ratio.

The enzymes in the system specifically recognize NADP/NADPH in an enzyme recycling reaction that significantly increases detection sensitivity. In addition, this assay has very low background since it is run in the red visible range that considerably reduces the sample interference.

The NADP/NADPH assay can be performed in a 96-well or 384-well microtiter-plate format. The signal can be read by either a fluorescence microplate reader at Ex/Em = 530-570/590-600 nm (maximum Ex/Em = 540/590 nm) or an absorbance microplate reader at ~576 nm.

NADP/ NADPH assay protocol summary:
- add samples and standards to wells
- add extraction solutions and incubate for 15 min
- add reaction mix and incubate for 30 min - 2 hr
- analyze with microplate reader

Other Notes
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP+) are two important cofactors found in cells. NADH is the reduced form of NAD+, and NAD+ is the oxidized form of NADH. NAD forms NADP with the addition of a phosphate group to the 2' position of the adenyl nucleotide through an ester linkage. NADP is used in anabolic biological reactions, such as fatty acid and nucleic acid synthesis, which require NADPH as a reducing agent. In chloroplasts, NADP is an oxidizing agent important in the preliminary reactions of photosynthesis. The NADPH produced by photosynthesis is used as reducing power for the biosynthetic reactions in the Calvin cycle of photosynthesis.