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. 1988 Mar 1;250(2):369–373. doi: 10.1042/bj2500369

A novel assay for 5'-nucleotidase using 1,N6-etheno-AMP as substrate, and comments on the properties of the reaction product, ethenoadenosine.

Z Jamal 1, A Afkham-Ebrahimi 1, E D Saggerson 1
PMCID: PMC1148865  PMID: 2833240

Abstract

A novel assay for 5'-nucleotidase is described in which 1,N6-etheno-AMP is converted into ethenoadenosine. The product ethenoadenosine is neither a substrate for nor an inhibitor of adenosine deaminase. Ethenoadenosine appears to have little effect at adenosine receptors on adipose-tissue cells.

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