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o-NPG assay - (Feb/13/2008 )

Has anybody done o-NPG assay out there? I am trying to calculate the activity with the following formula:


[E420*total vol.* n (dilution)]/(4.5*vol. used for assay*time* protein content)

what i don't understand is where did the 4.5 come from?

-bigsky-

most likely the extinction coefficient.

-mdfenko-

QUOTE (mdfenko @ Feb 13 2008, 02:33 PM)
most likely the extinction coefficient.

thanks mdfenko

-bigsky-