| Abstract: | ABSTRACT A sensitive and selective method for the determination of Zn(II) based on the reactivation of the apoenzymes of alkaline phosphatases from diverse sources: chicken intestine, seal slim intestine and Escherichia coli, has been developed. To obtain the apoenzymes, EDTA was selected as an effective inhibitor of alkaline phosphatases. In the presence of EDTA excess in the solution, the pseudo apoenzymes were obtained. Dialysis of the enzymes against the chelating agent resulted in obtaining inactive zinc-free apo-phosphatases (true apoenzymes). The reactivation of the pseudo- and true apoenzymes of alkaline phosphatases from various sources by zinc(II) was applied for its determination. The proposed procedures are highly sensitive (limit detection of Zn(II) = 0.3-0.4 ng ml?1), selective (no other metals reactivate the apophosphatases from seal slim intestine and Escherichia coli), accurate, simple and rapid. The schemes of the mechanism of the reactivation effects are discussed. |
