Protein Information

Name glutamine synthetase
Synonyms GLNS; GLUL; GS; Glutamate ammonia ligase; Glutamate ammonia ligase; Glutamine synthase; Glutamine synthetase; PIG43…

Compound Information

Name ferrous sulfate
CAS sulfuric acid iron(2+) salt (1:1)

Reference List

PubMed Abstract RScore(About this table)
2872202 Aguirre J, Hansberg W: Oxidation of Neurospora crassa glutamine synthetase. . J Bacteriol. 1986 Jun;166(3):1040-5.

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6137484 Levine RL: Oxidative modification of glutamine synthetase. J Biol Chem. 1983 Oct 10;258(19):11828-33.

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15033518 Gawronski JD, Benson DR: Microtiter assay for glutamine synthetase biosynthetic activity using inorganic phosphate detection. Anal Biochem. 2004 Apr 1;327(1):114-8.

In this assay, ascorbic acid replaces the traditionally used ferrous sulfate to reduce the phosphomolybdate complex.
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