Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: EC:1.3.99.3 (acyl-CoA dehydrogenase)
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A high-performance liquid chromatographic method is presented for the determination of urinary acylcarnitines. After solid phase extraction on silica columns the acylcarnitines are converted to 4'-bromophenacyl esters with 4'-bromophenacylbromide in the presence of N,N-diisopropylethylamine. Complete derivatization was achieved at 37 degrees C within 30 min. The 4'-bromophenacyl esters were separated by high-performance liquid chromatography on a Hypersil BDS C8 reversed-phase column with a binary gradient containing varying proportions of acetonitrile, water and 0.1 M triethylamine phosphate buffer. Essentially baseline separation was obtained with a standard mixture containing 4'-bromophenacyl esters of carnitine and synthetic acylcarnitines of increasing chain length ranging from acetyl- to palmitoylcarnitine. The method was used to obtain urinary acylcarnitine profiles from patients with propionic, methylmalonic and isovaleric acidemia and with medium-chain and multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency. Quantification of the acylcarnitines was achieved using undecanoylcarnitine as internal standard.
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PMID:Determination of acylcarnitines in urine of patients with inborn errors of metabolism using high-performance liquid chromatography after derivatization with 4'-bromophenacylbromide. 822 73