Complex 3-compartment configuration

Figure 9.4 Complex 3-compartment configuration. The administration site is in compartment 1 and the sampling sites are compartments 2 and 3.

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Fig. 5. UV-visible spectral properties of the DACA-enzyme-HaNADH and DACA-enzjrme-NADH systems. The traces in (A) compare the spectrum of DACA (Amax 398 nm) with the spectrum of the intermediate (Amax 468 nm) derived from the reaction of DACA with the en-zyme-HaNADH complex on 0.1 M sodium phosphate buffer. pH 6.98, at 25 1 These spectra were measured using double difference (split compartment) cuvettes. The configuration of solutions used in the determination of the spectra in (A) are as follows For the spectrum of DACA the sample cuvette contains enzyme, 85.5, uN and HaNADH, 286 fjM. in one compartment (total vol. 1.10 ml) and DACA, 8.02 jxM. on the second compartment (total vol.

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