단백질, 아미노산 등 각종 질소화합물의 공존하에서 $10^{-5}$M (0.01 $mu$mole/$m{ell}$)의 미량암모니아 정량이 가능한 효소적 분석법에 관하여 검토하였다. Glutamine synthetase의 L-glutamine합성 반응에서 생성되는 무기린정량법에 의하면 암모니아정량 범위는 0.01-0.10mM이였다. Glutamine synthetase와 pyruvate kinase 및 lactate dehydrogenase의 공역계를 이용하여 340nm에서의 NADH 산화에 의한 흡광도감소에 의하여 암모니아를 정량하였다. 이 방법의 정량범위는 0.01-0.05mM이었으며 반응계의 조성은 phosphoenol pyruvate, 3mM; L-glutamate, 10mM; ATP, 1mM; MgSO$_4$, 20mM;KCl, 75mM; NADH, 0.2mM; Tris-HCl buffer(pH 7.0), 100mM; pyruvate kinase, 10U/$m{ell}$; lactate dehydrogenase, 12U/$m{ell}$과 glutamine synthetase, 4U/$m{ell}$이었다. 효소반응은 3$0^{circ}C$에서 20분간 예비반응 후 각 농도의 염화암모니움을 가한후 3$0^{circ}C$에서 30분간 반응시켰다. Glutamine synthetase와 glutamate synthase의 공역계를 사용한 암모니아정량법의 암모니아정량 범위는 0.01-0.05mM이었으며 반응계의 조성은 ATP, 5mM; L-glutamate, 5mM; $alpha$-ketoglutarate, 5mM; MgCl$_2$, 1.5mM; NADPH, 0.15mM; Tris- HCl buffer(pH7.0) 100mM;glutamine synthetase, 1U/$m{ell}$과 glutamate synthase, 0.5U/$m{ell}$ 이었다. 효소반응은 3$0^{circ}C$에서 20분간 예비반응시킨 후 각 농도의 염화암모니움을 가하여 3$0^{circ}C$에서 30분간 반응시켰다.
Enzymatic micro-assay methods were studied those were capable of determining ammonia down to 10$^{-5}$M(0.01 $mu$mole/ml) in the presence of other nitrogenous compounds such as protein and amino acid. Microquantities of ammonia (0.01-0.1 $mu$mole) could be determined indirectly by measuring phosphorous, one of the products of the enzymatic reaction catalyzed by glutamine synthetase. In this reaction, L-glutamate, ATP and ammonium chloride were used as substrates, and phosphorous was formed in propotion to the concentration of ammonium chloride In the reaction mixture. Another procedure was examined in which glutamine synthetase reaction coupled with pyruvate kinase and lactate dehydrogenase reactions was used. One mililiter of the assay mixture contained; phosphoenol pyruvate, 3 mM, L-glutamate, 10 mM; ATP, 1mM: MgSO$_4$, 20 mM: KCl, 75mM: NADH, 0.2mM: Tris-HCl buffer(pH 7.0), 100mM; pyruvate kinase, 10 U: lactate dehydrogenase, 12 U and glutamine synthetase, 4 U. After preincubation for 20 min at 3$0^{circ}C$, NH$_4$Cl was added and the rates of NADH oxidation were followed at 340nm. The effective range of this method was proved to be from 0.01 to 0.05 $mu$mole/$m{ell}$. Glutamine synthetase reaction coupled with glutamate synthase reaction could also be effectively used for determining microquantities of ammonia. The one mililiter assay mixture contained; ATP, 5mM: L-glutamate, 5mM; L-ketoglutarate, 5mM; MgCl$_2$, 15mM; NADPH, 0.15mM; Tris-HCl buffer(pH 7.0); 100mM; glutamine synthetase, 1U and glutamate synthase, 0.5U. After preincubation for 20min at 3$0^{circ}C$ NH$_4$Cl was added and the rates of NADPH oxidation were followed at 340nm. The effective range of this procedure was appeared to be from 0.01 to 0.05$mu$mole/$m{ell}$.
