Determination of pseudouridine at submicromolar concentrations by cathodic stripping voltammetry at a mercury electrode |
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Authors: | Emil Pale?ek |
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Institution: | Institute of Biophysics, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Kralovpolska 135, 612 65 Brno Czechoslovakia |
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Abstract: | Pseudouridine (5-ribosyluracil), uridine (N,1-ribosyluracil), deoxyuridine (N,1-deoxyribosyluracil) and uracil are investigated by means of d.c. polarography and by differential and normal pulse polarography. Pseudouridine, which is known to be a cancer marker, yields anodic polarographic currents in the pH range 7–11, whereas uridine and deoxyuridine are inactive under the same conditions. The polarographic response of pseudouridine obtained is due to the formation of a sparingly soluble mercury compound. Pseudouridine can be determined by differential pulse polarography in the concentration range 2–6 × 10?6 M and by differential-pulse cathodic stripping voltammetry at concentrations two orders of magnitude lower. Small excesses of uridine, deoxyuridine or proteins do not interfere with the determination. |
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