PHOSPHORYLASE

SECTIONS

Unfixed cryostat

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SOLUTIONS

Add the reagents in the following order. Use unfiltered.

Incubating solution

--0.1M Acetate buffer pH5.9 100ml

--0.1M Magnesium chloride 10ml

--Glucose-1-phosphate 1g

--Glycogen (Oyster/rabbit) 20mg

--ATP salt 50mg

--Sodium fluoride 1.8g

--Ethanol 20ml

--Polyvinyl pyrolidine MW, 44,000 9g

--STORE AT - 20ƒC in 30ml aliquots

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METHOD

1. Incubate in solution at 37ƒC for 90 minutes.

2 Fix in ethanol for 3 minutes. AIR DRY.

3 Wash in 1:30 lugols iodine for 5 minutes

4 Mount in 9:1 glycerine jelly/lugols iodine.

RESULTS

Phosphorylase activity - blue/black.

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NOTES

The Solution is kept in a closed columbia jar and is frozen after each incubation

Replace when its potency is diminished.

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